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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 114369.015 - Employee Receives Electric Shock And Falls From Aerial Lift,

**Accident: 114369.015 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 03/11/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1384502.015	03/11/2019		Angel Colesio

At 12:00 a.m. on March 11, 2019, an employee worked to install exterior metal cl adding on a three-story multi-family dwelling using a JLG aerial lift. While ins talling the metal siding, the basket of the aerial lift made contact with live o verhead power lines next to the building. The employee received electrical shock s to the left arm and leg and, for an unspecified reason, fell approximately fif ty-three feet from the basket. The employee was hospitalized for electrical burn s to the left arm and leg, and partial brain damage.

Keywords: abrasive burn, aerial lift, arm, basket, brain, contact, electric shock, fall, leg, overhead power line

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1384502.015	31	M	Hospitalized injury		Roofers	FallDist: 53 FallHt:53 Cause: Exterior cladding FatCause:

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