OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #673608
MATHY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
MARION, IA·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU DUMP TRUCK
Investigation abstract
A crew of employees was working on the shoulder of a highway. One of the employe es was operating a road shoulder machine. A second employee backed a dump truck against the shoulder machine, took the truck out of gear, and allowed the should er machine to push the truck. He raised the bed of the dump truck to dump rock i nto the hopper of the shoulder machine. The first employee then operated the sho ulder machine to spread the rock along the side of the highway. Because the dump truck bed was fully raised, the cab shield of the truck contacted a 7200-volt o verhead power line. A third employee, who was adjusting the wing on the shoulder machine at the time, was electrocuted.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 594
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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