Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200527182 - Employee electrocuted when forklift contacts power line

Accident Summary Nr: 200527182 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 09/17/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306679143	09/18/2003	1611	237310	Peterson Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: On September 17, 2003, Employee #1 and a coworker were working on the replacement of an old bridge. The bridge had been torn down but water had accummulated and needed to be pumped out before new construction could begin. The employees were using an Gehl rough-terrain forklift, model 883, to place a hydraulic submersible 8 in. pump in the water. The pump was attached to a 20 ft 10 in. long by 1/2 in. wide wire rope with an eye on one end that was placed on one of the tines of the fork. The forklift was positioning the pump when it contacted a 7,200 volt overhead power line. Employee #1, who was on the right side of the forklift, was electrocuted. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Other		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306679143			Fatality	Electric Shock	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Placing bridge deck Fatality Cause: Other

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