Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200370377 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU SCAFFOLD

Accident Summary Nr: 200370377 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 02/02/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302418785	02/03/1999	1741	0	Feltman Construction Inc.

Abstract: Two employees were setting up a scaffold to work on a chimney. They set up the scaffold within 3 meters of a 13.2-kilovolt overhead power line. One of the scaffold components contacted the power line, electrocuting one of the employees. The other employee sustained a back injury.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, BACK, E GI IB, SCAFFOLD

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302418785			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers
2	302418785			Non Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Construction laborers

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