Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200821833 - Employee electrocuted in contact with overhead power line

Accident Summary Nr: 200821833 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 12/13/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305157794	12/13/2002	1521	236115	Chris Construction And Garage Design, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:15 p.m. on December 13, 2002, Employee #1, age 20, was affixing a roof rafter on a house under cpmstruction in Clarendon Hills, IL. He was standing on an 8 ft 4 in. tall unfinished garage wall when his hand contacted a 2,400-volt power line that was 5 ft 6 in. above the top of the wall. Employee #1 was electrocuted. It is possible that Employee #1's height of 6 ft 1 in. was a ccontributing factor. Both age and inexperience were considered causal factors in this accident. The employer was cited for not having a safety program or accident prevention program, for allowing work too close to energized power lines, for having no fall protection plan, and for providing no PPE. The weather at the time of the accident was damp, with light rain.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, INSTALLING, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, INEXPERIENCE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305157794			Fatality	Electric Shock	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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