Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 699710 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU DUMP TRUCK

Accident Summary Nr: 699710 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 01/11/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102587433	01/30/1996	4213	0	Durham Trucking

Abstract: A truck driver was helping another truck driver to lower and lock the bed of his dump truck. One driver was sitting in the cab, operating the controls, while the other driver was standing on the ground. In the process of working the bed up and down, the operator raised the bed into a 12-kilovolt overhead power line. The employee on the ground, who was touching the truck frame at the time, 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	102587433			Fatality	Electric Shock	Truck drivers, heavy

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