Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 151176.015 - Employee is killed when electrocution

Accident Summary Nr: 151176.015 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 11/07/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1633076.015	11/08/2022		484220	H. J. Saeler, Inc.

Abstract: At 7:20 p.m. on November 7, 2022, an employee was in the truck yard, operating a pole tarp on the trailer of a semi-truck. The tarp pole contacted a line of a three-phase power line, energizing the truck and starting fires in the front and rear of the semi-truck. When he attempted to put out the fire near the front of the semi-truck with extinguishers, he contacted the energized truck. The employee was electrocuted and killed.

Keywords: Electrocuted, Energized, Extinguish, Fire, Power Lines, Truck

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1633076.015	43	M	Fatality		Truck drivers, heavy

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