OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14466395
AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL PRECAST
ALVARADO, TX·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CRANE
Investigation abstract
A 29-YEAR-OLD TRUCK DRIVER WAS UNLOADING A PIECE OF FARM EQUIPMENT FROM THE BED OF A TRUCK. HE WAS USING A CRANE MOUNTED ON THE TRUCK TO LIFT THE EQUIPMENT. THE FARM EQUIPMENT WAS BEING UNLOADED AT A REPAIR SHOP ON THE PROPERTY OF A PART OW NER OF THE COMPANY FOR WHOM THE EMPLOYEE WORKED. THE EMPLOYEE HAD PARKED THE TRU CK A DISTANCE OF 6 TO 8 FEET TO THE SIDE OF A 14.4-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. ALTHOUGH HE WAS TOLD BY THE PROPERTY OWNER TO MOVE THE TRUCK, THE EMPLOYEE LEFT THE TRUCK WHERE IT WAS AND STOOD ON THE BED OF THE TRUCK TO OPERATE THE CRANE'S CONTROLS IN ORDER TO LIFT THE EQUIPMENT. THE BOOM OF THE CRANE CONTACTED THE PO WER LINE, ELECTROCUTING THE EMPLOYEE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 29
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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