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Accident Summary Nr: 174574.015 - One employee is fatally injured, another employee suffers sh

Accident Summary Nr: 174574.015 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 02/25/2025
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1806470.015	02/25/2025		238130	Inter-Layer Corporation, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on February 25, 2025, Employee #1 and Employee #2 were working as carpenters and were installing metal framing on the exterior of a multi-family dwelling. The employees were working from an Articulating Boom Lift when the boom contacted a 7,200-Volt primary overhead powerline. Employee #1 exited the lift basket and touched conductive material on the exterior of the building. Employee #1 was electrocuted and Employee #2 suffered electrical shock requiring hospitalization. Employee #1 sustained fatal injuries.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Aerial Truck, Basket, Boom, Boom Truck, Carpenter, Clearance, Construction, Contact, Electric Shock, Electrical Wire, Electrocuted, Frame, Framing, High Blood Pressure, High Voltage, Inexperience, Installing, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Work Procedures, Line Clearance, Metal, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Overhead Power Line, Power Lines, Psych Illness, Residential Construction, Shock, Truck Boom, Unsafe Position, Wrong Equipment

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			6		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1806470.015	33	M	Fatality		Carpenter	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:
2	1806470.015	26	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenter	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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