Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 80542.015 - Employee killed from an electrical current

Accident Summary Nr: 80542.015 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 10/21/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1100124.015	10/22/2015		237310	Haskell Lemon Construction Company

Abstract: At 9:45 a.m. on October 21, 2015, Employee #1, asphalt paver operator, was walking along the side of an asphalt paver driven by a coworker (dump truck driver). The coworker held onto the grab bar on the screed end to check the asphalt. The bed of the dump truck connected to the paver, by arms that are attached to its rear wheels, and move as one unit. When Employee #1 stopped the asphalt paver, the dump truck was under an overhead power line. Employee #1 then signaled to his coworker to raise the truck bed to dump more asphalt into the asphalt paver. The raised bed of the dump truck either directly contacted the power lines, or came near enough to produce an arc, between the power line and the raised bed. The resulting current traveled through to the truck, the asphalt paver, and killed/burned Employee #1.

Keywords: Electrical, Power Lines

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	0	0	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1100124.015	34	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause:

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