Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202079596 - Employee Is Electrocuted by Falling Transmission Line

Accident Summary Nr: 202079596 -- Report ID: 0453730 -- Event Date: 08/22/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312426745	08/22/2008	2411	113310	Nat Black Logging, Inc.

Abstract: On August 22, 2008, workers from Nat Black Logging, Inc., had finished logging at this site and were preparing to leave for another site. The Tigercat 240B loader was moved out of the debris field by a skidder and was parked under power transmission lines. After the tractor hooked up to the Tigercat's trailer, the loader operator raised the boom, contacting an energized 115K transmission line, causing the line to break. As the transmission line fell, it landed on an employee who was walking on the ground passing in front of the Loader's tractor. The employee was killed.

Keywords: ELECTROCUTED, LOADER, SKIDDER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312426745			Fatality	Electric Shock	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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