Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14442404 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CHIMNEY

Accident Summary Nr: 14442404 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 10/11/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112379136	10/11/1991	1761	0	United Sheet Metal

Abstract: FOUR EMPLOYEES WERE SETTING A 17-FOOT-LONG SMOKE STACK INTO PLACE THROUGH THE ROOF OF A BOILER ROOM. THREE OF THE EMPLOYEES WERE ON AN UPPER LEVEL ROOF (OVER A TRUCK SHOP), AND THE LAST EMPLOYEE WAS ON THE BOILER ROOM ROOF. THE FOUR EMPLOYEES LIFTED THE SMOKE STACK BY HAND. IT CONTACTED AN UNINSULATED 11-KILOVOLT SERVICE CONDUCTOR (OPERATING AT 6500 VOLTS TO GROUND) FEEDING THE ESTABLISHMENT. APPARENTLY BECAUSE OF THE INSULATION PROVIDED BY THE ROOFS AND BY THE EMPLOYEES' RUBBER-SOLED SHOES, NONE OF THE EMPLOYEES RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK UNTIL A KNEE OF THE ONE ON THE BOILER ROOM ROOF CONTACTED AN ALUMINUM GUTTER. THIS EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ROOF, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, CHIMNEY, E GI IC

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112379136			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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