Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201353802 - Employee Is Killed in Electrical Fire

Accident Summary Nr: 201353802 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 02/28/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311820500	03/02/2009	0782	561730	Gaston Tree Services, Llc

Abstract: On February 28, 2009, Employee #1 was delivering mulch to a private residence. He was using a 2003 Sterling dump truck, Model Number LT-9513, with an attached Robotic Elite Loader, Model Number 80. As Employee #1 raised the truck bed, the boom came into contact with an energized 14,400-volt overhead power line. The homeowner heard Employee #1 scream and came around to the front of the vehicle. Employee #1 was lying face up on the ground, nonresponsive. The truck began to burn and the homeowner was unable to move Employee #1 from the fire, which consumed the vehicle and Employee. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: DELIVERY WORK, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, FIRE, TRUCK, LOADER, TRUCK BOOM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	311820500			Fatality	Electric Shock	Truck drivers, heavy

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