OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14516066
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,SCREW CONVEYOR,ELECTROCUTED,CONVEYOR,TRUCK BOOM,E GI IB
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU AUGER BOOM
Investigation abstract
WORKING ALONE, AN EMPLOYEE HAD DRIVEN A LARGE TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCK, WITH A BULK TANK CONTAINING CATTLE FEED, TO A DELIVERY SITE. THE CATTLE FEED WAS TO BE TRAN SFERRED TO A FIELD CANNISTER ALONGSIDE A ROAD. THE EMPLOYEE PARKED THE TRUCK AND WENT TO THE REAR OF THE TANK TRAILER TO OPERATE THE CONTROLS TO MOVE A 32-FOOT BOOM, WITH A SCREW CONVEYOR INSIDE, INTO POSITION TO TRANSFER THE CATTLE FEED IN TO THE CANNISTER. THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE CONTROLS AT THE REAR OF THE TRA ILER. WHEN HE MOVED THE BOOM INTO AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE, HE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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