Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201122363 - Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Metal Pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 201122363 -- Report ID: 0950613 -- Event Date: 04/15/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125518340	04/27/2000	1711	0	Bayside Heating & Air Conditioning

Abstract: A crew of employees was on the roof of a two-story building, installing air conditioning units and condensate lines. One of the employees on the crew was assigned to assemble duct fittings. He dropped a tool into one of the vent shafts. The next day, he decided to retrieve it with a 6.1-meter-long section of copper tubing. A 12-kilovolt overhead power line was located 3.8 meters above the roof. He was electrocuted when he brought the tubing into contact with the power line. His employer had not conducted a thorough prejob survey to determine what safeguards were necessary.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, E C, METAL PIPE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	2	30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125518340			Fatality	Other	Sheetmetal duct installers

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