OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #946509
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,E GI IA,DUMP TRUCK,ELECTRIC SHOCK,DUMP TRUCK BED
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU DUMP TRUCK
Investigation abstract
A TRUCK DRIVER WAS OPERATING A DUMP TRUCK AT A WAREHOUSE OWNED BY HIS EMPLOYER. THE TRUCK DRIVER SUSTAINED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK WHEN HE RAISED THE BODY OF THE TRUC K SO CLOSE TO AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE THAT THE TRUCK BECAME ENERGIZED. THE EMPLOY EE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR HIS INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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