Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200640050 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU GRAIN AUGER

Accident Summary Nr: 200640050 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 09/25/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108873126	03/06/1996	5191	0	Langley Feeds & Farm Supply, Inc.

Abstract: An employee and his two sons arrived at a dairy farm to deliver feed into two bins. One of the bins was 5.3 meters high; the other was 4.7 meters high. In setting up the 7.6-meter-long auger, the employees moved the boom between two conductors of a 7200-volt overhead power line. The conductors were located 6.6 and 7.8 meters above the ground over the taller bin. As he was trying to move the auger between the bins, the father brought it into contact with the higher phase conductor was electrocuted.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, SCREW CONVEYOR, GRAIN, ELECTROCUTED, GRAIN BIN, E GI IB

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108873126			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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