OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221511769
H. J. SAELER, INC.
WALDO, AR—
Event description
Employee is killed when electrocution
Investigation 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.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 43 M
- Event type
- 13
- Occupation code
- 804
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