OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #672535
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IA,DUMP TRUCK,DUMP TRUCK BED
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU TRUCK BED
Investigation abstract
A truck driver was cleaning out his trailer before refilling it with poultry fee d. He had the dump body raised and was jogging the truck to loosen coal dust tha t was adhering to the trailer bed. He drove his rig into a 13-kilovolt overhead power line and was electrocuted when he left the truck cab.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 29
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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