Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver

April 1, 1988 at 2:30 PM

Hookers Prairie Mine · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: W R Grace & Company (Cargill Inc)

Contractor on site: Z7L

Polk County, FL

Classification ELECTRICAL

Type Contact with electrical current

Investigator narrative

THE EMPLOYEE HAD RAISED TRUCK BOX AND MADE CONTACT WITH HIGH VOLTAGE POWER LINE EMPLOYEE HAD BACKED OVER WATER HOSE AND WENT TO MOVE TRUCK AND AS HE ATTEMPTED TO GET IN TRUCK HE WAS ELECTRICAT WHEN HE MADE CONTACT WITH THE TRUCK BODY.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Getting On Or Off Equipment
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Contact with electrical current
Source of injury: CONDCTR,ELCT,CBL,TROL POL
Nature of injury: ELECT SHOCK,ELECTROCUTION
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 6 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 4 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219881030001 · Mine ID 0800835 Trainer view →