Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200270874 - Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Power Line

Accident Summary Nr: 200270874 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 07/17/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303511802	07/17/2001	1721	0	M. Perdue Painting & Coatings Inc.

Abstract: An exterior painter was maneuvering his aerial lift bucket into position to clean the exterior brick wall of a building with a pressure washer. He or his equipment contacted an energized 7,620-volt overhead power line. He was pronounced dead at the scene; he had been electrocuted.

Keywords: E GI III, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, PAINTER, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303511802			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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