OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14563712
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IA,DUMP TRUCK,DUMP TRUCK BED
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU DUMP TRUCK
Investigation abstract
A TRUCK DRIVER RAISED THE BED OF HIS DUMP TRUCK TO UNLOAD ROCK. HE HAD RAISED TH E FRONT PORTION OF THE TRUCK BED INTO CONTACT WITH A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LI NE, AND HE WAS ELECTROCUTED AS HE EXITED THE TRUCK CAB. (THE INFORMATION IN THIS REPORT WAS OBTAINED SOLELY THROUGH INTERVIEWS AND OFFICIAL REPORTS, NOT THROUGH A FIRST-HAND INVESTIGATION OF THE ACCIDENT SCENE.)
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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