Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14354278 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU FORKLIFT

Accident Summary Nr: 14354278 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 08/27/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101210318	08/28/1987	2439	0	Wadsworth Building Components, Inc.

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CATERPILLAR ROUGH TERRAIN INDUSTRIAL FORKLIFT TRUCK (MODEL NUMBER R-80) TO MOVE WOOD ROOF TRUSSES TO THE TRUCK LOADING AREA OF A PLANT. THE TRUSSES BEING MOVED WERE OF AN UNUSUAL SIZE, FORCING THE FORKLIFT OPERATOR TO EXTEND THE MAST OF THE FORKLIFT TRUCK TO ITS FULL HEIGHT (ABOUT 20 FEET, 10 INCHES). AS THE OPERATOR TURNED THE LIFT AROUND TO MANEUVER AROUND THE STORED TRUSSES, THE MAST OF THE FORKLIFT CONTACTED A 7620-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE AND ITS NEUTRAL. THE PHASE CONDUCTOR HAD BEEN INSTALLED AT A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 20 FEET, 9 INCHES, AND THE NEUTRAL HAD BEEN INSTALLED AT A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 18 FEET, 7.5 INCHES. APPARENTLY, THE OPERATOR TRIED TO EXIT THE TRUCK AND WAS ELECTROCUTED.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101210318			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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