Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200080620 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LADDER

Accident Summary Nr: 200080620 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 10/25/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
116150004	10/25/2000	1761	0	Wood & Wood Development, Llc

Abstract: Two employees were setting up two 9-meter-long aluminum extension ladders to install gutters on a new apartment building. One of the ladders contacted an overhead power line. The employee handling that ladder was electrocuted. His coworker, who was putting up the other ladder near the first one, rushed to help the other employee. He was also electrocuted.

Keywords: EXTENSION LADDER, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, LADDER, METAL LADDER, E GI IB

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	116150004			Fatality	Electric Shock	Sheet metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire
2	116150004			Fatality	Electric Shock	Sheet metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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