Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 565127 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 565127 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 05/12/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107706756	05/13/1992	0251	0	George'S Farms, Inc.

Abstract: A FEED TRUCK DRIVER HAD PARKED HIS TRUCK BENEATH AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE AND HAD FILLED A FEED BIN. THE BIN WAS LOCATED 19 FEET, 5 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND, AND THE POWER LINE WAS LOCATED 23 FEET, 8.5 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. THE TRUCK DRIVER, WHO WAS OPERATING THE BOOM FROM THE CONTROL STATION AT THE LEFT REAR OF THE TRUCK, RAISED THE BOOM WHEN HE WAS FINISHED FILLING THE BIN. THE BOOM CONTACTED THE POWER LINE, ELECTROCUTING THE EMPLOYEE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE SUN MAY HAVE IMPAIRED THE EMPLOYEE'S VIEW AS HE WAS POSITIONING THE BOOM.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, SCREW CONVEYOR, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IA

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107706756			Fatality	Electric Shock	Truck drivers, heavy

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