Accident Report Detail

Accident: 14297139 - Electric Shock - Contact With Overhead Line Thru Rain Spout

**Accident: 14297139 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 09/04/1986**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
18854968	09/05/1986	1761	Superior Aluminum Company, Inc.

A CREW OF EMPLOYEES WAS INSTALLING ALUMINUM RAIN GUTTERS. THE GUTTERS CAME IN 70-FOOT LENGTHS, AND THERE WAS AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE ABOUT 10 FEET FROM THE EDGE OF THE ROOF. THE EMPLOYEES WERE PASSING THE GUTTERS HAND OVER HAND, EXTENDING THEM PAST THE EDGE OF THE ROOF. AN EMPLOYEE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK AND BURNS TO HIS FEET AND HIS NECK (FROM THE GOLD CHAIN HE WAS WEARING) WHEN THE GUTTER HE WAS HANDLING CONTACTED THE POWER LINE.

Keywords: burn, clothing, rain spout, electrical, e c, electric shock, foot

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	18854968			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Sheet metal workers

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