OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14565865
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
TWO DUMP TRUCK DRIVERS WERE INSTRUCTED TO HAUL SAND AND DUMP IT ALONG A WASHED O UT AREA OF THE DIRT ACCESS ROAD LEADING TO THEIR SHOP AND STORAGE YARD. THE FIRS T DRIVER HAD HIS TRUCK (KENWORTH MODEL C-500) LOADED, AND HE ENTERED THE ACCESS ROAD. HE PASSED BENEATH SOME 3-PHASE, 12.5-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINES, TURNED AROUND, AND PARKED THE TRUCK UNDER THE POWER LINES. HE RAISED THE TRUCK BED TO DUMP THE SAND, THEN TURNED THE TRUCK OFF. AS HE STEPPED FROM THE TRUCK, HE WAS E LECTROCUTED. THE DUMP BED HAD CONTACTED THE OVERHEAD LINES. THE SECOND DRIVER FO UND THE FIRST UNCONSCIOUS AND, AFTER FAILING TO REVIVE HIM, SUMMONED HELP. EMERG ENCY TREATMENT WAS GIVEN TO NO AVAIL.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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