Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 80760.015 - Employee contacts power line and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 80760.015 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 10/29/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1103493.015	10/30/2015		237310	Pavement Conservation Specialist, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:30 p.m. on October 29, 2015, an employee was delivering road debris from road construction project to private residence for land fill material. No witnesses observed the accident, but it appears that the employee was raising the bed of dump truck and snagged an overhead power line. The driver apparently put the lift mechanism back into neutral hold, and exited the cab then attempted to re-enter to retrieve the fire extinguisher since his front left tire was smoldering on fire. The overhead power line came into contact to with metal bed of dump truck sending uncontrolled electricity into frame of vehicle causing a fire. When employee tried to extinguish the fire or re-enter cab to lower bed he came into contact with truck metal and had his foot on the ground. The electrical shock entry appears to be on his hand and exited through his foot/boot or vice versa.

Keywords: Accidental Discharge, Construction vehicle, Electrical, Electrocuted, Fire, Material Handling, Motor Vehicle, Power Lines

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		Demolition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1103493.015	62	M	Fatality		Truck drivers, heavy	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:

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