Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14394423 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU SCAFFOLD

Accident Summary Nr: 14394423 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 03/03/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101479525	03/08/1989	1799	0	A.J. Toups Company, Inc.

Abstract: Two employees were cleaning and painting lighting poles in a department store parking lot. They were using a quick erect scaffold to gain access to the upper portions of the poles. On its heels, the scaffold was 10.3 meters (33.8 feet) high. The employees had completed one pole and were rolling the scaffold to another location. The scaffold contacted an overhead power line located 10 meters (32.8 feet) above the ground. One of the employees was electrocuted. The other employee, who was wearing work gloves and rubber boots, was apparently uninjured.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IB, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101479525			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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