OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #848788
RYDER DISTRIBUTION RESOURCES
LAKE BARRINGTON, IL·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
A DELIVERY TRUCK DRIVER AND HIS HELPER WERE DELIVERING MERCHANDISE TO A SUBURBAN ECTROCUTED. RESIDENCE. THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK ENTERED ONE SIDE OF A HORSESHOE-SHAPED DRIVE WAY. THE DRIVER DROVE UNDER AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE, PARKED THE TRUCK, AND MADE T HE DELIVERY TO THE RESIDENCE, WHICH WAS LOCATED AT THE APEX OF THE DRIVEWAY. WHE N THE TWO EMPLOYEES LEFT THE RESIDENCE BY DRIVING THROUGH THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE DRIVEWAY, THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE TOP OF THE TRUCK, WHICH WAS 12 FEET, 6 INCHES IN HEIGHT, WOULD NOT CLEAR THE LOW-HANGING OVERHEAD POWER AND TELEPHONE LINES. THE HELPER CLIMBED UP ON TOP OF THE TRUCK AND TRIED TO MOVE THE LINES OVE R THE TRUCK. THE POWER LINE WAS ENERGIZED AT 4000 VOLTS, AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS EL
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 883
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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