Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 200460343 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU METAL POLE
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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302062096 | 03/08/1999 | 1761 | 0 | Universal Roofing & Sheet Metal Company, Inc. |
Abstract: Two roofers were dismantling an aluminum pump-jack scaffold. As they were lowering one of the pump-jack poles, the top of the pole contacted a 14.4-kilovolt overhead power line. One of the employees was electrocuted. The other employee received an electric shock. He was hospitalized for his injuries.
End Use | Project Type | Project Cost | Stories | Non-building Height | Fatality | ||
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Other building | Maintenance or repair | Under $50,000 | 3 | 32 | X |
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation | Construction |
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1 | 302062096 | Fatality | Electric Shock | Roofers | Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire |
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2 | 302062096 | Hospitalized injury | Electric Shock | Roofers | Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause |