OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14554166

KNUDSON INC

OMAHA, NE— 1984-05-14T00:00:00

Event: OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,CONCRETE TRUCK,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IA
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #1802768
Employer profile: KNUDSON INC
Summary number: 14554166
Report ID: 728900

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Investigation abstract

An employee was holding the discharge hose from a concrete truck, directing the flow of concrete into a form in a pit. The rubber hose was reinforced with metal and had an exterior metal ring. The boom on the concrete truck came too close t o a 13.8-kilovolt overhead power line, and the employee holding the hose was ele ctrocuted.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 49 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
19

Event type
13

Source
15

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
2

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