Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200120715 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 200120715 -- Report ID: 0523400 -- Event Date: 10/03/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303318463	10/04/2000	1721	0	Thomas A. Mason Company, Inc.

Abstract: An employee was water blasting the south side of a four-story masonry building. He was working from a Grove aerial lift with an 84-meter-long extensible boom (Model No. AMZ86XT, a boom-supported elevating work platform). The employee received an electric shock when he contacted a 13.2-kilovolt, phase-to-phase (7620-volt, phase-to-ground) overhead power line running parallel to the building and about 5.5 meters away. The line was about 12.5 meters above the ground and was not in the immediate work area. The employee was hospitalized for his injuries. The employer had not contacted the utility before the operation started. A rental company had delivered the aerial lift to the site a few hours before the accident. The rental company representative had given the operator a briefing before turning over the equipment, but provided no operators' manual. The operator was reportedly experienced in this type of work with this type of equipment.

Keywords: E GI III, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, CLEANING, ELECTRIC SHOCK, AERIAL LIFT, WATER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	4

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303318463			Hospitalized injury	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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