Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170831192 - ELECTRIC SHOCK & FALL - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 170831192 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 05/14/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302020870	05/21/1998	1761	0	Arrow Spouting Service

Abstract: An employee was on an aluminum ladder, 7.6 meters above the ground, installing a 2.7-meter-long fascia cap on a residence. He was within 1.7 meters of a 7970-volt overhead power line. He flipped the cap around, and it contacted the power line and the house. The employee received an electric shock and fell to the concrete sidewalk. He died at a hospital almost 4 hours later.

Keywords: E GI III, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, LADDER, ELECTRIC SHOCK, FALL, METAL SIDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302020870			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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