Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201351749 - Two employees killed when scaffold contacts power line

Accident Summary Nr: 201351749 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 03/30/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303988398	04/04/2002	1799	562910	Bennie D. Morris

Abstract: On March 30, 2002, Employees #1 and #2, and four coworkers were extending the frame of a restaurant sign so that a new sign could be installed above it. They were using a fabricated frame scaffold that was five bucks high. The workers extended one side of the frame, and then began to move the scaffold to work on the other side of the frame. To move the scaffold, three employees positioned themselves on one side of it, and three employees were on the other side. The scaffold legs were set on 2 in. by 10 in. boards. The six employees began sliding the entire scaffold on the boards when the top of the scaffold contacted an overhead electrical distribution line that was within 4 ft of the frame of the sign. All six workers received electric shocks. Employees #1 and #2 were killed.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, INSTALLING, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		Under $50,000		25	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303988398			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire
2	303988398			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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