Inspection Detail

Inspection: 3017092 - Hagar Chip Company, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Nc Department Of Labor - Raleigh

Investigation Summary

AN EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO HIS EMPLOYER'S YARD FROM A JOB SITE. HE WAS ALONE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE YARD. HE BACKED A TRAILER DUMP TRUCK TO DUMP A LOAD OF MANURE IN HIS GRANDMOTHER'S GARDEN, WHICH WAS ADJACENT TO THE YARD. (THIS WAS NOT A PART OF HIS NORMAL JOB DUTIES, NOR WAS HE INSTRUCTED TO DO THIS.) WHEN HE RAISED THE BED TO DUMP THE LOAD, THE BED CONTACTED A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE THAT WAS LOCATED ABOUT 17 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN HE GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IA, DUMP TRUCK, DUMP TRUCK BED