Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200210599 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH DOWNED OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 200210599 -- Report ID: 0626000 -- Event Date: 09/28/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302102249	09/28/1999	7534	0	Corpus Tire Co.

Abstract: An employee was called to a construction site to repair a tire on a dirt scraper. An employee for a construction company working on site backed a dozer over a utility pole. (This employer was covered under Inspection No. 302102256. Unfortunately, this inspection number was not listed as a related inspection number on the original form.) The pole broke, causing the 7200-volt overhead power line to fall onto the scraper. The employee repairing the tire was working under the scraper at the time. He was electrocuted.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, CONSTRUCTION, E C, BULLDOZER, UTILITY POLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302102249			Fatality	Electric Shock	Heavy equipment mechanics

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