Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 131516.015 - One employee is electrocuted, one is injured while moving sc

Accident Summary Nr: 131516.015 -- Report ID: 0213900 -- Event Date: 12/06/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1505237.015	12/07/2020		238160	Sm Roofing And Siding

Abstract: At 5:45 p.m. on December 6, 2020, Employees #1 and #2 and coworkers, employed by a roofing and siding company, were working at the construction site of a new two-story residence. Employees #1 and #2 were repositioning a pump jack scaffold from the back of the house to another location. According to a coworker who witnessed the event, the two employees were in the process of laying down parallel to the house a 36-foot Alum-A-Pole, part of the scaffold system, when they appeared to lose control of the pole as a gust of wind came around the house's corner. The pole toppled onto energized overhead power lines 8 to 10 feet away, and electrical current flowed through the pole to the employees. Employee #1 was electrocuted. Employee #2 was transported to the hospital for treatment of electric shock injuries.

Keywords: Contact, Electric Shock, Electrocuted, Energized, Falling Object, Lost Control, Metal Pole, Overhead Power Line, Pump Jack Scaffold, Residential Construction, Struck Against, Unstable Position, Windy

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1505237.015	65	M	Fatality		Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior cladding Fatality Cause:
2	1505237.015	67	M	Hospitalized injury			Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior cladding Fatality Cause:

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