Safety Alert
Forklift Cut Electrical Line with Outrigger
Forklift Cut Electrical Line with Outrigger
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 06-21
- Electrical SafetyVehicles and Driving
- Electrical safety
- Vehicles and driving
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Summary
A forklift operator failed to notice that the off-side outrigger had been placed on the ground as wheel chocks. During vehicle movement, it struck and severed a 480 volt supply cable serving the rig camp transformer. The breaker tripped, and the operator jumped clear unharmed.
Classifications: Electrical safety; electrical hazards.
Classifications: Vehicles and driving; driving; road transport.
IADC Alert 06-21. Themes: electrical safety, vehicles and driving.