Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14483119 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 14483119 -- Report ID: 0213100 -- Event Date: 07/24/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107512048	07/25/1990	1761	0	L & M Co., Div. Of Nicto Roofing Contractors Inc.

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 2000-POUND ROOFERS HOIST ON THE ROOF OF A SEVEN-STORY BUILDING. HE AND HIS COWORKERS WERE LOWERING LENGTHS OF WOOD FROM THE ROOF TO A TRUCK PARKED UNDER A 2400-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE WOOD WAS LOADED INTO A MORTAR PAN, WHICH WAS SECURED TO THE HOIST LINE WITH WIRE ROPE. A COWORKER IN THE TRUCK RELEASED ONE END OF WIRE ROPE ON THE MORTAR PAN AFTER THE PAN HAD BEEN LOWERED TO THE TRUCK. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE OPERATING THE HOIST RAISED AND DUMPED THE PAN, THE WIRE ROPE CONTACTED THE POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, HOIST, LOAD LINE, E GI IB

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107512048			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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