Accident Report Detail

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Accident: 100611326 - Employee Strikes Overhead Powerline And Is Electrocuted

**Accident: 100611326 -- Report ID: 0111700 -- Event Date: 06/16/2006**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
309551869	06/16/2006	1799	Ultimate Exteriors Inc.

Employee #1 was using an aerial lift to position a tarp when he struck an overhead power line powered at 7,200 kilovolts. Employee #1 died.

Keywords: cover, overhead power line, electrocuted, aerial lift

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	3	30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Construction
1	309551869			Fatality	Electric Shock	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) FatCause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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