Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200820140 - electric shock - contact with overhead line thru dump truck

Accident Summary Nr: 200820140 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 08/26/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
113462485	08/26/1998	1611	0	Civil Constructors, Inc. Div. Of Helm Group

Abstract: As a truck driver was raising the bed of his dump truck to load a chipper machine, the bed contacted a 7200-volt overhead power line. The truck driver jumped free of the truck. However, the tires on the truck had ignited, and he reached back into the truck to retrieve a fire extinguisher. He touched the cab with his right midsection and was electrocuted.

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

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	113462485			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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