OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14505630
W & L EXCAVATORS
KANSAS CITY, MO·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BULLDOZER
Investigation abstract
A HANDYMAN/HELPER WAS OPERATING A CATERPILLAR BULLDOZER. HIS DUTIES WERE REFUELI NG AND OILING MACHINERY. HE HAD STARTED ON THIS JOB JUST 4 DAYS EARLIER AND HAD NO SPECIFIC TRAINING. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN THE BULLDOZER HE WAS OP ERATING CONTACTED A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO TH E ACCIDENT, AND THE REASON HE WAS OPERATING THE EQUIPMENT WAS NOT DETERMINED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 65 Male
- Nature of injury
- Electric Shock (10)
- Part of body
- HAND(S) (12)
- Accident type
- SHOCK (13)
- Source of injury
- ELEC APPARAT/WIRING (15)
- Occupation
- Helpers, mechanics and repairers (864)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- MATERIALS HANDLG EQUIP./METHOD (8)
- Task assigned
- Task not regularly assigned (2)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.