OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14505291
HOLT COUNTY COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION
MOUND CITY, MO·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CONVEYOR
Investigation abstract
Some employees were using a tractor to move a 19.8-meter-long grain auger. The e mployees had not lowered the auger before they started moving it. Additionally, they had not properly secured the auger to the tractor. Consequently, one of the m had to hold onto the auger. The employees pulled it into a 7200-volt overhead power line, and the employee holding the auger was electrocuted. The employees h ad not received any training in hazards they might encounter on the premises.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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