Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14534358 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 14534358 -- Report ID: 0935000 -- Event Date: 07/05/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103605010	07/06/2000	4141	0	Turtle Tours

Abstract: A bus washer had cleaned a bus and had driven it to a parking area at a touring company's bus compound. He was parking the bus between a van and another bus near a utility pole. As he was backing the bus, it ran over the guy for the pole. The utility pole moved, and one of the phase conductors of an overhead power line supported by the pole broke. The conductor started a fire when it hit the ground. The bus washer was electrocuted as he tried to extinguish the fire with a wooden stick.

Keywords: E GI III, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, FIRE, GUY, UNTRAINED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103605010			Fatality	Electric Shock	Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners

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