Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 920231 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU FORK LIFT

Accident Summary Nr: 920231 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 08/18/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108996331	08/19/1992	1542	0	Decker Greenhouse Construction
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108996273	08/19/1992	5251	0	Imperial Builders & Supply Inc.

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A BORROWED FORK LIFT TRUCK THAT WAS OUTFITTED WITH A PLATFORM HOLDING A LARGE ROLL OF PLASTIC. THE PLASTIC WAS TO BE USED TO COVER A GREENHOUSE. THE EMPLOYEE DROVE THE FORKLIFT UP TO THE GREENHOUSE AND RAISED THE MAST OF THE FORK LIFT TOWARD THE DOME OF THE GREENHOUSE. HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE BUILDING AND BACKED UP THE FORK LIFT A FEW FEET WHILE ITS MAST WAS STILL RAISED. THE MAST CONTACTED TWO CONDUCTORS OF A 14-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE EITHER JUMPED OFF THE FORK LIFT OR WAS THROWN BY THE ELECTRIC SHOCK HE RECEIVED. HE WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, E GI IA, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, BOOM, ELECTROCUTED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108996331			Fatality	Electric Shock	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators
2	108996273					Occupation Not Listed

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