Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14294789 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LADDER

Accident Summary Nr: 14294789 -- Report ID: 0355114 -- Event Date: 08/31/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105725725	08/31/1990	1721	0	Capital Painting Company, Inc.

Abstract: An employee had finished painting the exterior front side of an apartment building. He then carried his 8.5-meter-long (28-foot-long) aluminum extension ladder to the back of the building to complete work that he had done previously. He was carrying the ladder in a vertical position. As he walked to the back of the building, the ladder contacted a 7200-volt overhead power line. The power line was 7.3 meters (23.9 feet) above the ground and 3 meters (9.8 feet) from the edge of the gutter on the building. The employee was electrocuted.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, LADDER, METAL LADDER, E GI IB

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105725725			Fatality	Electric Shock	Painters, construction and maintenance

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