Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200924819 - EMPLOYEE ELECTROCUTED when scaffold pole contacts POWER LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 200924819 -- Report ID: 0355111 -- Event Date: 05/05/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311064448	05/08/2007	1761	238390	Melendez Contracting

Abstract: At approximately 6:30 p.m. on or about May 5, 2007, Employee #1 and a coworker were dismantling a pump jack scaffold. The scaffold had been built within 23 ft 4 in. of a 24 ft 3.5 in. high overhead high voltage line. The workers were lowering one of the 35 ft 9.25 in. tall scaffold poles when it contacted the 19.9 kilovolt line. Employee #1 was electrocuted and the coworker suffered burns.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, DISMANTLING, ELECTRICAL, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, METAL POLE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311064448			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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