Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201166808 - Employee electrocuted in contact with power line

Accident Summary Nr: 201166808 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 04/15/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126109545	04/15/2005	1521	236115	Steven Sines General Contractor

Abstract: At approximately 10:20 a.m. on April 15, 2005, Employee #1 was working from a ladder to apply stucco scratch coat to the upper northwest corner of a new two-story house. He apparently contacted a 4.8-kilovolt primary electrical wire and was electrocuted, falling approximately 15 ft to the ground. None of the other workers on site witnessed the accident. The electrical wire was visible within 2 ft of the structure's roofline and within 5 ft of the area of wet stucco where Employee #1 had been working. The house was owned by a general contractor, who stated that he had a verbal contract with Employee #1 to plaster the house. It is not clear whether Employee #1 was an independent contractor, but he did not have a valid contractor's license.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, LADDER, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126109545			Fatality	Electric Shock	Plasterers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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