Accident Report Detail

Accident: 125427.015 - Employee Dies After Excavator Is Energized By Overhead Power

**Accident: 125427.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 04/13/2020**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1472400.015	04/14/2020		Portable Pumping Systems Inc.

At 4:30 p.m. on April 13, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a pumping company, was working at a construction site. He was operating an excavator to drill a point well. The excavator became energized by an overhead power line. Employee #1 su stained an electric shock. He was transported to the hospital, where he died.

Keywords: construction, electric shock, electric current, electrocuted, energized, equipment operator, excavator, overhead power line

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Other			0	0	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1472400.015	46	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite FatCause:

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