Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170112932 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU DUMP TRUCK

Accident Summary Nr: 170112932 -- Report ID: 0216000 -- Event Date: 06/09/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106987829	06/10/1992	1611	0	Mcnamee Construction Corp.

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE WAS DIRECTING THE FILLING OF A HOPPER ATTACHED TO AN ASPHALT SPREADER. THE HOPPER WAS BEING FILLED FROM A 10-WHEELED MACK DUMP TRUCK. THE OPERATION WAS TAKING PLACE ON A HIGHWAY OVERPASS BENEATH A 4000-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. WHEN THE BED OF THE DUMP TRUCK WAS RAISED, IT CONTACTED THE POWER LINE, WHICH WAS ABOUT 17 FEET ABOVE THE PAVEMENT. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO HAD HIS HAND ON THE BODY OF THE DUMP TRUCK, WAS ELECTROCUTED.

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	106987829			Fatality	Electric Shock	Paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators

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