Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200031524 - Employee killed when scaffold energized by cut extension cor

Accident Summary Nr: 200031524 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 07/17/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305216483	07/17/2002	1741	0	Pignato Masonry, Inc.

Abstract: On July 17, 2002, Employer #1, a laborer working for a masonry company, was entering a room where a tubular-framed scaffold had been erected. One of the scaffold legs had been set on top of an extension cord that was being used to power a industrial fan on the opposite side of the room. The extension cord ran underneath the scaffold's leg near the permanent outlet on the west end of the room and the cord was touching the scaffold at various points leading to the outlet. The weight of the scaffold cut through the extension cord, energizing the scaffold. When Employee #1 entered the room and passed through the door frame and the scaffold, he was electrocuted.

Keywords: SEVERED, WORK RULES, CORD SET, ELECTROCUTED, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, SCAFFOLD, TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	1	11	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305216483			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior masonry Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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