OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14241095
GILBERT CENTRAL CORP
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM TRUCK
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE DROVE A BOOM TRUCK TO AN AREA TO DROP OFF CONCRETE FORMING MATERIALS AND PARKED THE BOOM TRUCK UNDER SOME OVERHEAD POWER LINES. WHEN HE RAISED THE B OOM, IT CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE 39.5-KILOVOLT POWER LINE. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEE S AT THE SITE, WHO WAS ON THE BED OF THE TRUCK, WAS KILLED. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, WH O WAS ON THE GROUND, WAS SEVERLY BURNED.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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