Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 166011.015 - Employee dies from electrocution when ladder contacts power

Accident Summary Nr: 166011.015 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 04/23/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1743673.015	04/24/2024		238170	Blakley Construction Llc

Abstract: At 4:36 p.m. on April 23, 2024, an employee working as a construction laborer for a siding contractor was assisting a coworker installing metal gutters. The employee and the coworker (company owner) tied two portable ladders together to gain additional height to reach a roof edge 25 feet above the ground. They were raising the two ladders to the roof edge when the ladders tipped backwards and fell onto exposed and energized 7200-Kilivolt overhead power lines. The ladder that contacted the power lines was metal with conductive siderails. The employee was standing on the ground at the base of the ladder when he was electrocuted. The employee died from internal and external electrical related burns.

Keywords: Arm, Clearance, Conductor, Construction, Contact, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Electric Shock, Electrocuted, High Voltage, Installing, Laborer, Ladder, Line Clearance, Metal, Metal Ladder, Metal Siding, Power Lines, Residential Construction, Roof, Shock, Work Surface, Wrong Equipment

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1743673.015	31	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing metal siding Fatality Cause:

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