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Accident Summary Nr: 14500417 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU DUMP TRUCK

Accident Summary Nr: 14500417 -- Report ID: 0523400 -- Event Date: 04/20/1990
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
10330916704/23/199042120United Commercial Transport

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A 29-FOOT-LONG DUMP TRUCK. HE EMPTIED THE LOAD AT A GRAVEL PIT AND THEN LEFT THE SITE. HE DROVE ALONG THE ENTRY ROAD FOR ABOUT A THIRD OF A MILE BEFORE PULLING TO THE SIDE OF THE ENTRY ROAD. A 22-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE WAS LOCATED DIRECTLY ABOVE THE TRUCK, 29 FEET, 11 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. FOR SOME REASON, THE EMPLOYEE RAISED THE BED OF THE DUMP TRUCK. THE BED CONTACTED THE OVERHEAD POWER LINE, AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED AS HE STEPPED FROM THE CAB 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 103309167 Fatality Electric Shock Truck drivers, heavy

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