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Accident Summary Nr: 200820041 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 200820041 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 09/18/1996
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
12230881009/19/199617910Area Erectors, Inc.

Abstract: An employee was reroofing a manufacturing building. He had assumed that an overhead power line near his work area had been deenergized. He was electrocuted when he contacted the 6900-volt power line.

Keywords: E GI III, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ROOF, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, LOCKOUT, ROOFER
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Manufacturing plant Maintenance or repair   1 75 X

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation Construction
1 122308810 Fatality Electric Shock Roofers Distance of Fall: feet
Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet
Cause: Roofing
Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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