Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 117039.015 - Employee is electrocuted when truck mast touches power lines

Accident Summary Nr: 117039.015 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 06/10/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1407471.015	06/12/2019		237110	Woofter Pump & Well, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:45 p.m. on June 10, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a company that drills and services wells, was working at a residential job site and preparing to service the water well. He was raising the mast of the truck when the mast came into contact with overhead power lines. Employee #1 was electrocuted. He fell into the open pit containing the well. As he fell, he dislodged a pipe, causing the hole to fill with water.

Keywords: Electrocuted, Fall, Industrial Truck, Maintenance, Overhead Power Line, Pit, Residential Construction, Water, Well, Well Service Rig

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Maintenance or repair				12	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1407471.015	45	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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