OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #686113
L & L OILWELL SERVICE, INC.
LINCH, WY·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A METAL TANK THAT HAD BEEN TRANSPORTED TO A RESIDENCE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS STEADYING THE TANK AND GUIDING THE OPERATOR OF A GIN POLE TRUC K, FROM WHICH THE TANK WAS SUSPENDED. THE EMPLOYEE WAS DIRECTING THE PLACEMENT O F THE TANK WHERE ITS OWNER WANTED IT LOCATED. THE TOP OF THE BOOM ON THE GIN POL E TRUCK CONTACTED A 14.4-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE TANK AS HE WAS STEADYING IT, WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 883
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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