Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200921872 - Employee injured when scaffold pole contacts power line

Accident Summary Nr: 200921872 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 06/14/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309138212	06/15/2005	1761	238170	J. N. Construction, Inc.

Abstract: On June 14, 2005, Employee #1 and a coworker, of J.N. Construction, Inc., were setting up an aluminum pump jack scaffold at a house in Virginia Beach, VA. They had moved two 24 ft aluminum pump jack poles from another house located to the west of their current job. They were trying to set one of the poles into place when Employee #1 noticed an A-frame ladder lying on the ground in their way. He told his coworker to move the ladder while he kept the pole vertical. The coworker was moving the ladder when Employee #1 lost control of the pole, which contacted a 7,620-volt primary overhead power line located about 13 ft from the east side of the house. He sustained burns to his left hand, leg, and foot. His coworker called out for help and a drywall contractor called Emergency Services. Employee #1 was transported to Virginia Beach General Hospital.

Keywords: BURN, ERECTION PROCESS, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, METAL POLE, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, LOST CONTROL, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Other		$50,000 to $250,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309138212			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Supervisors, n.e.c.

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