OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14346316
CLEARWATER CONCRETE INDUSTRIES, INC.
CLEARWATER, FL—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM
Investigation abstract
A TRUCK DRIVER WAS UNLOADING A PALLET OF BRICKS WITH A JIFFY LIFT HYDRAULIC BOOM MOUNTED ON A BOOM TRUCK. HE WAS POSITIONING THE BOOM TO PLACE THE BRICKS BETWEE N TWO HOUSE TRAILERS, AND THE BOOM CONTACTED A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE THA T RAN BETWEEN THE TRAILERS. THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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