OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221476476
HORD PERSONNEL SERVICES
ASHLAND, OH—
Event description
Employee is killed when boom contacts power line
Investigation abstract
At 10:00 a.m. on July 6, 2022, an employee was setting up to deliver animal feed using a Hensley Model Number ATLW-40.5-35-9 auger trailer. The employee engaged the controls of a top-mounted 36-foot boom from outside of the driver's side front section of the trailer. The boom touched or came in close proximity to energized lines. Electricity traveled through the truck, exiting through the employee, killing him. Standing water was identified as a contributing factor.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 48 M
- Event type
- 13
- Occupation code
- 804
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