Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201340031 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU DUMP TRUCK

Accident Summary Nr: 201340031 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 08/07/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106588288	08/08/1996	4789	0	Bennett Trucking Inc.

Abstract: A truck driver had just dropped a load of sand and gravel at a jobsite. He pulled his truck tractor and dump trailer out to a side dirt road and elevated the dump trailer to clean it. The dump trailer contacted and cut the neutral conductor. Current from the 8000-volt phase conductor arced to the trailer. The employee either was in the truck and got out or was standing next to the vehicle when the contact occurred. Employees at job site heard the tires blow out and ran over to see what happened. They found the truck driver unconscious on the ground, administered cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, and called for emergency medical services. Despite these efforts, the truck driver died of electrocution.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106588288			Fatality	Electric Shock	Truck drivers, heavy

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