Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14400949 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU FORKLIFT

Accident Summary Nr: 14400949 -- Report ID: 0931700 -- Event Date: 01/19/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102517729	01/19/1988	5211	0	Oxnard Building Materials

Abstract: An employee was using a high-lift forklift to move drywall onto the third floor of an apartment building under construction. After completing this job, the employee tipped the mast of the forklift back to lower it, and it contacted a 12-kilovolt overhead power line. Two other employees ran from the building and tried to pull the forklift operator from lift. They received electric shocks and burns and were hospitalized for their injuries. The forklift operator had been electrocuted.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102517729	Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
2	102517729	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
3	102517729	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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