Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200521896 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 200521896 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 07/21/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303735328	07/31/2000	1761	0	Kohlmeyer Inc.

Abstract: Two employees were installing shingles on a house. They contacted an energized electric conductor and received electric shocks. Both employees were transported to a hospital, where one of them was pronounced dead of electrocution. (The original form did not list the other injured employee on an injury line.)

Keywords: E GI III, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR, ELECTRIC SHOCK

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303735328			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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