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Accident Summary Nr: 103866.015 - Employee installing a gutter contacts a power line and is sh

Accident Summary Nr: 103866.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 10/23/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1281177.015	12/05/2017		236220	Oakmont Builders Inc

Abstract: At 10:20 a.m. on October 23, 2017, Employee #1 and Coworker #1 employed by a building construction company, were installing rain gutters on a building's roof and eaves. Employee #1 was working from a scaffold. Coworker #1, who was on ground level, handed up to Employee #1 a 30-foot long rain gutter. During Employee #1's handling of the gutter, it made contact with an energized power line operating at 4,800 volts that was suspended approximately 14 feet away from the scaffold. Employee #1 sustained an electrical shock and burns. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for electrical shock and burns.

Keywords: Burn, Electric Shock, Installing, Material Handling, Power Lines, Rain Spout, Residential Construction, Roof, Scaffold, Shoulder

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1281177.015	25	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers

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