Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116621.015 - Employee is electrocuted when boom lift hits power line

Accident Summary Nr: 116621.015 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 05/28/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1404069.015	05/29/2019		424510	Maplehurst Farms, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:17 p.m. on May 28, 2019, a truck carrying a grain bin was traveling down a road, but was too tall to make it under a power line. A boom lift truck was used with a piece of PVC pipe attached to the basket in order to raise the power lines enough for the truck and grain bin to pass underneath. The boom lift had an operator working the controls from the bed of truck and a spotter under the power lines to give signals. While lifting the power lines, the boom lift made contact with power lines and the operator of the controls was killed by the electrocution.

Keywords: Boom Truck, Electrocuted, Overhead Power Line, Power Lines

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1404069.015	36	M	Fatality		Managers, farms, except horticultural

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