Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200462042 - One electrocuted, one shocked by contact with power line

Accident Summary Nr: 200462042 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 09/06/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309569929	09/06/2006	1761	238170	M.T. Construction

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were attaching aluminum siding to the soffits of a three-story structure. They were standing on an aluminum pump jack scaffold system, about 18 feet from the next level. Employee #2 was holding a piece of siding when it contacted an energized, unprotected high-voltage electrical conductor. Employee #1 was killed; Employee #2 sustained injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, PUMP JACK SCAFFOLD, UNGUARDED LIVE PARTS, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, METAL SIDING

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309569929			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing metal siding Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire
2	309569929			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing metal siding Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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