Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200784320 - Employee electrocuted when truck bed strikes power line

Accident Summary Nr: 200784320 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 10/11/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309545705	10/11/2007	1623	237110	Muniz Construction, Inc.

Abstract: On October 11, 2007, Employee #1 was operating a materials hauling trailer on a residential street. He was raising the bed to deposit a load when the trailer's tarp-raising arm contacted a 26 1/2 ft high energized power line. Employee #1 was electrocuted. The 7,620-volt power line was not insulated.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, TRUCK, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, OFF LOADING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000		26	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309545705			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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