Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170385603 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LADDER

Accident Summary Nr: 170385603 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 12/30/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125377424	01/07/1997	1761	0	Duo Roofing

Abstract: Two roofers were using a 12.2-meter-long aluminum extension ladder that had been extended sufficiently to access the 6.4-meter-high roof of a building. When they finished working on the roof, they began to remove the ladder. Because the rope and pulley were missing from the ladder, it was difficult to retract the ladder. The employees leaned the ladder straight back towards the ground while it was still extended. A third employee was standing on the ladder feet so that the ladder would pivot without slipping. As the two roofers tipped the ladder back, it contacted a 7200-volt overhead power line located 6.6 meters above the ground and 6.5 meters from the building. Both employees received electric shocks. One of them was electrocuted, and the other was severely burned. (The employee standing on the ladder feet was not injured.)

Keywords: BURN, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, LADDER, METAL LADDER, ELECTRIC SHOCK, E GI IB

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1	21	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125377424			Fatality	Electric Shock	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire
2	125377424			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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