Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200410025 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU DUMP TRUCK

Accident Summary Nr: 200410025 -- Report ID: 0317300 -- Event Date: 12/17/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
121307169	12/17/1997	1611	0	Iron Horse, Inc.

Abstract: A truck driver was delivering stone to an excavation contractor building roads for a housing development. A 14.4-kilovolt overhead power line ran near the area where the stone was to be dumped. The power line was 7.2 meters above the ground. The employee backed his truck along the roadway, passing three utility poles before he stopped. After he got out of the truck cab, a representative of the excavating contractor (the company vice president) reminded the truck driver about the overhead line and instructed him to be careful while dumping the stone. The representative walked away while the truck driver began to dump the stone. The dumping mechanism was on the outside of the cab, and the truck driver stood on the ground to operate it. The bed of the dump truck contacted the power line, electrocuting the truck driver.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IA, DUMP TRUCK, DUMP TRUCK BED

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	121307169			Fatality	Electric Shock	Truck drivers, heavy	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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