OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14492888
TRINITY ENGINEERING TESTING CORPORATION
LUBBACK, TX—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM
Investigation abstract
Some employees had finished drilling a test hole and were lowering a 12.8-meter- tall derrick. As the driller was lowering the derrick, it contacted a 7200-volt overhead power line. One of the employees was electrocuted. The other one receiv ed an electric shock and was hospitalized for his injury.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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