Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 77043.015 - Employee electrocuted when pole touches energized power line

Accident Summary Nr: 77043.015 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 03/25/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1049300.015	03/26/2015		115114	Penny Newman Grain Company

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on March 25, 2015, an employee had parked the employer's feed tank truck underneath energized primary and secondary conductors. The conductors were between 13 to 19 feet in height. The employee was stirring calf feed inside the tank using a 10 foot metal pole when contact was made with the energized voltage lines overhead. The employee made contact with the energized conductor with a 11 foot metal pole and was killed from electrical shock.

Keywords: Electric Shock, Power Lines, Voltage Backfeed

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1049300.015	51	M	Fatality

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