Accident Report Detail
Accident: 124762.015 - Employee, Shocked By Electric Arc, Falls From Roof And Is Ki
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
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1469434.015 | 03/12/2020 | C & T Building Technologies, Llc |
At 11:00 a.m. on March 12, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a construction company , was working at the renovation of a two-story commercial building. He was on t he roof and using a steel tape measure in preparation for installing a piece of sheet metal roofing. The wind blew the extended part of the tape measure into a n overhead power line that was transmitting 19,920 volts of electricity. An ele ctric arc occurred, which burned and shocked Employee #1 and caused him to fall from the roof, a fall height of 25 feet. The impact of the fall resulted in blu nt force traumatic injuries to his head and torso. Employee #1 was killed.
End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
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Commercial building | Alteration or rehabilitation | 2 | 25 | X |
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Construction |
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1 | 1469434.015 | 30 | M | Fatality | FallDist: 25 FallHt:25 Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Bolting-Up/Detail Work FatCause: |