OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #608026
MIKE HUNTER, INC.
ELLENWOOD, GA·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU AUGER BOOM
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE HAD POSITIONED HIS AUGER TRUCK TO DIG A HOLE FOR A HIGHWAY GUARD RAI L POST. AS THE EMPLOYEE RAISED THE BOOM TO POSITION THE AUGER, IT CONTACTED A 66 -KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK, MINOR BU RNS ON BOTH HANDS, AND SEVERE BURNS ON HIS RIGHT FOOT. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED 6 DAY S FOR HIS INJURIES. THE EMPLOYER HAD A SAFETY PROGRAM, BUT DID NOT SURVEY THE SI TE FOR EXPOSURE TO OVERHEAD POWER LINES AND DID NOT INFORM THE EMPLOYEE OF THE H AZARD ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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