Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200001907 - Employee electrocuted when scaffold pole strikes power line

Accident Summary Nr: 200001907 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 06/12/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308088905	11/17/2004	1761	238170	Daniel Compelo

Abstract: On June 12, 2004, Employee #1 was was carrying a 24 ft tall aluminum scaffold pole from the back of a house to the front when it contacted an overhead power line connected to the house. Employee #1 was electrocuted.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, METAL POLE, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, INATTENTION, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1	24	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308088905			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing metal siding Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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