OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #775346
LUFKIN INDUSTRIES, INC.
SHIDLER, OK·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM
Investigation abstract
An oil well pumping unit was being dismantled so that it could be removed. As th e various parts were disassembled, they were being placed around the site with a gin pole truck so that they could be loaded onto a flat bed truck in a particul ar order. As the gin pole truck was moving one of the parts, the gin poles conta cted an overhead power line. The truck swamper, who was walking beside the load, touched it and was electrocuted. The truck driver and swamper had not seen the power line. The foreman, who had seen them, did not take precautionary measures to prevent contact.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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