Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118079.015 - Employee handling rebar is electrocuted in arc from power li

Accident Summary Nr: 118079.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 07/18/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1416543.015	07/18/2019		238190	J.C. Roadbuster, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:15 a.m. on July 18, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a rebar company, was installing rebar for a three-story commercial building, a multiemployer construction project. He was moving a rebar rod when electricity arced from a high voltage power line to the rebar. Employee #1 was electrocuted.

Keywords: Construction, Electric Arc, Electrocuted, Installing, Material Handling, Power Lines, Rebar

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			3	40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1416543.015	38	M	Fatality		Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause:

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