OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14399687
ACE TRANSPORTATION, INC.
MARSHALL, TX·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU GIN POLE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING CHAINS ATTACHED TO A LOAD LINE SUSPENDED BY METAL GIN PO LES THAT WERE ELEVATED FROM THE BED OF A TRUCK. AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING THES E CHAINS, HE WAS BEHIND THE TRUCK DIRECTING THE TRUCK DRIVER AS HE WAS BACKING T HE VEHICLE. WHILE THE TRUCK WAS MOVING, THE GIN POLES CONTACTED AN OVERHEAD POWE R LINE, ELECTROCUTING THE EMPLOYEE HOLDING THE CHAINS.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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