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Accident Summary Nr: 109398.015 - Employee is shocked by power line, later requires leg and ar

Accident Summary Nr: 109398.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 09/11/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1348392.015	09/19/2018		238390	Brevard Soffit & Siding Inc

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on September 11, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a construction siding company, was preparing to install a J-channel siding trim at a new two-story residential structure. He was working from an extension ladder. The siding trim made contact with an overhead power line that was 8 feet away from the employee. The employee received a high voltage electric shock. He was transported to the hospital, where a leg and an arm required amputation.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Arm, Burn, Contact, Electric Shock, Energized, Extension Ladder, Installing, Leg, Overhead Power Line, Power Lines, Residential Construction

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			2	18

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1348392.015	55	M	Hospitalized injury		Installers And Repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior cladding Fatality Cause:

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