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Accident Summary Nr: 200553436 - One killed, one injured when insulation strikes power line
Accident Summary Nr: 200553436 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 07/27/2004
| Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
| 307596049 | 07/27/2004 | 1791 | 238120 | Atlas Steel Erectors, Llc |
Abstract:
At approximately 1:30 p.m. on July 27, 2004, Employees #1 and #2 were part of a team of steel erectors installing 18 ft 5 in. long by 6 ft wide pieces of insulation on the outside wall of a steel-framed building. They were in a scissor lift, and Employee #1 was holding the insulation at the top and letting it hang down so two coworkers in a manlift on the outside of the building could place screws to hold it in place. Employee #1 was waiting for the coworkers to catch the other end of the insulation when a gust of wind blew down the corridor of the building. It caught the sheet and blew it out away from the building. The sheet struck a 7,620-volt overhead power line while Employee # 1 was trying to control it by holding it against the steel girt of the building. He was electrocuted. Employee #2 sustained second-degree burns to his right forearm, for which he was hospitalized.
Keywords:
BURN, ERECTION PROCESS, HIGH WIND, INSTALLING, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, LOST CONTROL, AERIAL LIFT
Accident Details
| End Use |
Project Type |
Project Cost |
Stories |
Non-building Height |
Fatality |
| Commercial building |
New project or new addition |
$50,000 to $250,000 |
2 |
25 |
X |
Employee Details
| Employee # |
Inspection Nr |
Age |
Sex |
Degree of Injury |
Nature of Injury |
Occupation |
| 1 |
307596049 |
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|
Fatality |
Electric Shock |
Structural metal workers |
| 2 |
307596049 |
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Hospitalized injury |
Electric Shock |
Structural metal workers |