Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 138193.015 - Employee Is Killed When Electrocuted While Dumping Asphalt

Accident Summary Nr: 138193.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 08/14/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1547994.015	08/17/2021		484110	Kemp Trucking Inc.

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on August 14, 2021, an employee had just completed a day of dumping a loads of asphalt on a road construction project. The employee parked his dump truck and was raising the bed to scrape the residual asphalt out of it when it came in contact with a 7,200 volt overhead power line. The dump truck became energized and the employee, who was standing outside of the truck, was electrocuted and killed.

Keywords: asphalt, contact, dump truck, dump truck bed, electric current, electrocuted, energized, overhead power line

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1547994.015	24	M	Fatality		Truck drivers, heavy	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Bituminous concrete placement Fatality Cause:

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