Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 133693.015 - Employee is killed after feed truck contacts power lines

Accident Summary Nr: 133693.015 -- Report ID: 0355118 -- Event Date: 12/01/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1504974.015	12/02/2020		484220	Performance Livestock And Feed Company, Llc

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on December 1, 2020, an employee was operating a Bulkliner Model #44C2055 Feed Truck delivering grain to a stationary silo. The employee was positioning his truck and equipment operating the discharge auger controls when the auger made contact with a 69,000 volt overhead powerline approximately 11 feet away from the silo. The employee was killed when he was electrocuted.

Keywords: Agriculture, Agriculture Machinery/Vehicle, Auger, Auger Mechanism, Boom, Contact, Delivery Work, Electric Shock, Electric current, Electrical, Electrocuted, Energized, Foot, Hand, Inexperience, Material Handling, Neck, Off Loading, Overhead Power Line, Power Lines, Shock, Shoulder, Silo, Struck Against, Torso, Truck Driver

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1504974.015	23	M	Fatality		Truck drivers, light

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