Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14471809 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LADDER

Accident Summary Nr: 14471809 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 11/25/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103463170	11/25/1992	1521	0	G.W. Thiel, Inc.

Abstract: A CARPENTER WAS MOVING A 30-FOOT EXTENSION LADDER. THE EARTH WHERE HE WAS CARRYING THE LADDER WAS SLIPPERY. A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 6.5 FEET FROM A BUILDING WHERE THE CARPENTER WAS WORKING. THE LADDER CONTACTED THE POWER LINE AT A POINT ABOUT 6 INCHES FROM THE END OF THE LADDER. THE CARPENTER 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	103463170			Fatality	Electric Shock	Carpenters

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