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Accident Summary Nr: 14251680 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU DUMP TRUCK

Accident Summary Nr: 14251680 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 07/13/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3017092	07/16/1990	2499	0	Hagar Chip Company, Inc.

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO HIS EMPLOYER'S YARD FROM A JOB SITE. HE WAS ALONE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE YARD. HE BACKED A TRAILER DUMP TRUCK TO DUMP A LOAD OF MANURE IN HIS GRANDMOTHER'S GARDEN, WHICH WAS ADJACENT TO THE YARD. (THIS WAS NOT A PART OF HIS NORMAL JOB DUTIES, NOR WAS HE INSTRUCTED TO DO THIS.) WHEN HE RAISED THE BED TO DUMP THE LOAD, THE BED CONTACTED A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE THAT WAS LOCATED ABOUT 17 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN HE GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IA, DUMP TRUCK, DUMP TRUCK BED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3017092			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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