OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14515902

INDIAN RIVER TRANSPORT INC

BRADENTON, FL— 1984-04-05T21:05:00

Event: OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,SCREW CONVEYOR,ELECTROCUTED,CONVEYOR,TRUCK BOOM,E GI IB
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #1189216
Employer profile: INDIAN RIVER TRANSPORT INC
Summary number: 14515902
Report ID: 420600

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU AUGER BOOM

Investigation abstract

WHILE AN EMPLOYEE WAS DISCHARGING FEED FROM A TRUCK, THE 40-FOOT BOOM-TYPE SCREW CONVEYOR ATTACHED TO THE TRUCK JAMMED. BECAUSE IT WAS DARK, THE EMPLOYEE MOVED THE TRUCK NEAR A LIGHT TO FREE THE MECHANISM. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE RAISED THE BOOM, IT CONTACTED A 7620-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON APRIL 5, 1984. THE EMPLOYEE DIED LATER THAT MONTH.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 40 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
19

Event type
6

Source
15

Occupation code
804

Human factor
18

Environmental factor
14

Task assigned
1

Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.