Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200780336 - electric shock - contact with overhead line thru angle iron

Accident Summary Nr: 200780336 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 01/12/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
122181266	01/07/1998	1542	0	Taylor'S Welding & Construction

Abstract: A welding contractor was fabricating a new roof over the existing roof of a store. One of the contractor's employees was handing a 6.1-meter-long angle iron over the side of the building roof to an employee on the ground. The angle iron contacted a 7200-volt overhead power line, electrocuting one of the two employees.

Keywords: METAL RAIL, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ROOF, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, E C

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000		20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	122181266			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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