OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14557748
ELECTRICAL,E GI IA,ELECTRIC SHOCK,ELECTROCUTED,DUMP TRUCK,OVERHEAD POWER LINE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU DUMP TRUCK
Investigation abstract
A TRUCK DRIVER FOR A TRUCKING COMPANY WAS PREPARING TO DUMP A LOAD OF GRAVEL AT T OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS ELECTROCUTED, AND THE OTHER EMPLOYEE S RECEIVED ELECTRIC SHOCKS. A HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION SITE. A FLAG PERSON DIRECTED THE DRIVER TO THE MEDIAN OF A FOUR-LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY. THE TRUCK DRIVER STOPPED HIS PETERBUILT 18 WHEELER, STEPPED OUT, AND UNLATCHED THE TRAILER. HE THEN GOT BACK INTO THE TRUCK AND RAI SED THE TRAILER. THE FLAG PERSON AND AN ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN, STANDING ABOUT 6 FEET AWAY, SHOUTED TO THE TRUCK DRIVER THAT HIS FRONT TIRES WERE ON FIRE. THE D RIVER STEPPED OUT AND COLLAPSED AS HIS FEET TOUCHED THE GROUND. A ROLLER OPERATO R HELPED THE FLAG PERSON AND THE TECHNICIAN PULL THE DRIVER AWAY FROM THE FLAMES . AT THIS TIME, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE TRAILER HAD MADE CONTACT WITH A 7200-VOL
Victims (4)
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 F
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 216
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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