Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171055486 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 171055486 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 08/27/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126776244	08/27/1997	1761	0	Layton Roofing Co

Abstract: An employee was lowering a load line from a hoist that a roofing crew had mounted on the top of a building. A second employee was using a tag line to keep the hook from marring the side of the building. The second employee pulled the load line into a 12.5-kilovolt (7204 volts to ground) overhead power line. The first employee, who was touching the hoist with his left shoulder, received an electric shock. He sustained burns on his left shoulder and both knees. (He had been standing with his knees against a steel pipe that served as a perimeter guard around the edge of the roof.) He was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: BURN, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, HOIST, ELECTRIC SHOCK, LOAD LINE, E GI IB

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	9

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126776244			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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