Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 694133 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU DUMP TRUCK

Accident Summary Nr: 694133 -- Report ID: 0355114 -- Event Date: 10/22/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
15220452	11/04/1987	1794	0	W. C. Spratt Inc.

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE DROVE A DUMP TRUCK INTO A FIELD WHERE AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE RAN EAST TO WEST. THE EMPLOYEE HAD DRIVEN EAST ALONG THE POWER LINE ACCESS ROAD. ABOUT 300 YARDS DOWN THE ROAD, HE PULLED HIS TRUCK UNDER THE POWER LINE AND BEGAN TO DUMP ITS LOAD OF BRUSH. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE EMPLOYEE WAS OUTSIDE THE TRUCK AND SAW THAT THE BED WAS GOING TO CONTACT THE POWER LINE. HE THEN APPARENTLY ATTEMPTED TO GET BACK INSIDE THE TRUCK TO STOP IT. WHEN HE TOUCHED THE DOOR TO THE TRUCK, HE WAS ELECTROCUTED.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	15220452			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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