OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14402531
LAYNE TEXAS COMPANY
WADSWORTH, TX·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM
Investigation abstract
Three employees were setting up a flat bed truck with a well drilling rig to rem ove a submerged water well pump. It was raining, and the ground was wet and mudd y. One of the employees was holding a cable to the top drum, and a second employ ee was holding the cable to the bottom drum. The third employee was operating th e controller at the rear of the truck to raise the mast. The first two employees were also at the rear of the truck, keeping the cables from tangling on their d rums. As the third employee raised the mast, it contacted a 614-kilovolt overhea d power line. The two employees holding the cables received electric shocks. One of them was electrocuted.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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