Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200002558 - Employee electrocuted while working on roof

Accident Summary Nr: 200002558 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 10/11/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310935614	10/12/2007	1721	238320	Kansas City Paint & Finish Inc.

Abstract: On October 11, 2007, Employee #1, a painter, was standing at the top of a metal ladder and holding a shorter ladder on the roof that was being used as a work platform by a coworker. The roof was steep and the shorter ladder was anchored on a plumbing vent. Apparently, during a previous roof repair, a nail had been driven through metal flashing and into a 110 volt wire that ran over a roof truss instead of under it. The energized flashing electrified the gutter against which Employee #1's ladder was perched. When Employee #1 grasped the short ladder that was hanging on the grounded plumbing vent, a circuit was completed and he was electrocuted.

Keywords: ROOF, ELECTROCUTED, CONSTRUCTION, METAL LADDER, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, METAL STRIP, PAINTER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	3	30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310935614			Fatality	Electric Shock	Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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