Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14442420 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 14442420 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 12/08/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112378906	12/09/1991	1721	0	Reichert Painting Co.

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING READY TO PAINT A LAMPPOST. HE WAS WORKING FROM A 23-FOOT-HIGH MOBILE SCAFFOLD. THE SCAFFOLD DID NOT HAVE GUARD RAILS, AND NO PERSONAL FALL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT HAD BEEN PROVIDED. THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND CONTACTED A 19.9-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE THAT WAS ONLY 5 FEET, 1 INCH AWAY FROM THE LAMPPOST. HE WAS ELECTROCUTED. A COWORKER HELD ONTO THE FIRST EMPLOYEE TO KEEP HIM FROM FALLING. HE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK AND SUSTAINED BURNS ON HIS HANDS.

Keywords: BURN, E GI III, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRIC SHOCK, FALL PROTECTION, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112378906			Fatality	Electric Shock	Painters, construction and maintenance
2	112378906			Non Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Painters, construction and maintenance

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