Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202045191 - Employee electrocuted when truck body contacts power line

Accident Summary Nr: 202045191 -- Report ID: 0155010 -- Event Date: 09/21/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308607779	09/25/2006	1623	237110	E.E. Packard Enterprises

Abstract: On September 21, 2006, Employee #1 was preparing to unload material from a 2005 Freightliner dump truck, whihc was positioned underneath a 46,000-volt overhead utility line. The dump body of the truck contacted the power line, and Employee #1 exited the vehicle by jumping to the ground. He was electrocuted.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, TRUCK, DUMP TRUCK, OFF LOADING, DUMP TRUCK BED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$500,000 to $1,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308607779			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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