Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201380342 - Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Boom

Accident Summary Nr: 201380342 -- Report ID: 0214500 -- Event Date: 07/06/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302781471	07/06/2000	1761	0	A-Plus Renovations

Abstract: Two employees were replacing the roof on a residential structure. They were raising an 11-meter Reimann & Georger Corporation platform hoist (Model No. PL250) alongside the structure to hoist roofing materials. The metal ladder section of the hoist contacted a 7200-volt overhead power line located approximately 9.9 meters above the ground. Both employees received electric shocks. One employee was pronounced dead of electrocution on arrival at a hospital. The other employee was hospitalized with burns to his hands, chest, and feet.

Keywords: BOOM TRUCK, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, E C, CONVEYOR, ELECTRIC SHOCK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302781471			Fatality	Electric Shock	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire
2	302781471			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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