Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170384747 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU TRAILER

Accident Summary Nr: 170384747 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 01/22/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123999310	01/23/1997	3296	0	Hornish Bros. Inc.

Abstract: A truck driver drove a tractor-trailer under a 13.8-kilovolt overhead power line. The trailer had hydraulic lifts to raise its front to discharge the load. The driver raised the trailer and discharged a portion of the load. The driver then pulled the tractor-trailer forward to discharge the remaining load. The elevated trailer contacted the power line, and the conductors became entangled in the trailer's undercarriage. The left rear tires on both the tractor and the trailer ignited. An industrial engineer began extinguishing the fire with an Amerex A-B-C-type portable fire extinguisher. He was electrocuted. A laborer approached the injured employee to rescue him and received an electric shock when he touched him. The laborer was hospitalized for his injury.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IA, ELECTRIC SHOCK, TRACTOR TRAILER, TRAILER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123999310			Fatality	Electric Shock	Industrial engineers
2	123999310			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Laborers, except construction

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