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Accident Summary Nr: 126559.015 - Employee is killed by electrocution when aluminum ladder con

Accident Summary Nr: 126559.015 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 06/01/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1476891.015	06/01/2020		238320	Willie Home Improvement, Llc

Abstract: At 1:05 p.m. on June 1, 2020, an employee and a coworker were attempting to move a forty foot aluminum extension ladder that was extended to thirty feet. The employee had both hands on the ladder and the coworker had one hand on the ladder as they moved the ladder. At some point the ladder made contact with the "C" phase of an overhead electrical line powered at 7620 volts. The electric shock knocked the coworker from the ladder uninjured and killed the employee by electrocution.

Keywords: Contact, Electric Shock, Electric current, Electrocuted, Extension Ladder, Metal Ladder, Overhead Power Line

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Maintenance or repair			3	30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1476891.015	57	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause:
2	1476891.015	18	M	Fatality		Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause:

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