OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14550586
D & G FARM
IDAHO FALLS, ID·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CONVEYOR
Investigation abstract
Four employees were moving a disabled grain auger out of a series of grain bins. They pulled the auger under an overhead power line to a designated location. As they were pulling the auger back, they again passed beneath the power line, and the upper portion of the auger contacted the line. Employee #1 was electrocuted . Employee #2 received an electric shock and sustained electrical burns. He was hospitalized for his injuries. Employees # 3 and #4 also received electric shock s and sustained electrical burns. However, they were treated at a hospital and r eleased.
Victims (4)
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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