OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221381932
KEMP TRUCKING INC.
DUBUQUE, IA·
Event description
Employee is killed when electrocuted while dumping asphalt
Investigation abstract
At 3:00 p.m. on August 14, 2021, an employee had just completed a day of dumping a loads of asphalt on a road construction project. The employee parked his dump truck and was raising the bed to scrape the residual asphalt out of it when it came in contact with a 7,200 volt overhead power line. The dump truck became energized and the employee, who was standing outside of the truck, was electrocuted and killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Event type
- 13
- Occupation code
- 804
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