Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170761548 - Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Dump Truck

Accident Summary Nr: 170761548 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 06/08/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308202936	06/14/2005	1611	237310	Brooks Construction Company, Inc.

Abstract: A highway contractor was laying asphalt on a state road. A dump truck was moving in front of an asphalt paving machine, dumping asphalt into the paving machine. An employee was walking between the paving machine and the metal guardrail running along the west side of the road. He was adjusting the depth of the asphalt with a crank handle on the paving machine. A 7200-volt overhead power line ran across the road 6 meters above the ground. No one was observing the clearance between the power line and the dump truck. The dump truck contacted the power line, and the employee, who was touching the metal guardrail, was electrocuted.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, E C, DUMP TRUCK, DUMP TRUCK BED, ROAD PAVING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308202936			Fatality	Electric Shock	Operating engineers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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