OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14526396
KASKEL LANDSCAPE INC.
FLORIDA CITY, FL·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU TREE
Investigation abstract
A NURSERY CREW WAS LOADING TREES ON A TRAILER FOR TRANSPORT. THE TRAILER WAS POS ITIONED DIRECTLY UNDER A 138-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. TWO CREW MEMBERS WERE ON THE TRAILER WRAPPING THE ROOT BALLS WITH BURLAP AND POSITIONING THE TREES. T HE TREES WERE BEING LOADED ONTO THE TRAILER BY A HIGH-LIFT TRACTOR WITH BOOM ATT ACHMENT. THE CREW HAD JUST FINISHED WRAPPING THE ROOTS WITH BURLAP, AND ONE OF T HE CREW MEMBERS WAS HOLDING OR TURNING A TREE TO LAY IT DOWN WHEN THE TREE BRANC HES CONTACTED THE OVERHEAD LINE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED. A SECOND CREW ME MBER TRIED TO CATCH THE INJURED EMPLOYEE AS HE FELL BACKWARDS AND RECEIVED AN EL ECTRIC SHOCK. (THIS INJURY WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE OSHA 170 INJURY DATA.)
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 484
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- 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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