Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201406485 - Employee electrocuted when metal ladder contacts power line

Accident Summary Nr: 201406485 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 10/02/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127177624	10/23/2002	1761	0	South Central Eavestroughs

Abstract: On October 2, 2002, Employee #1 and a coworker were installing rain gutters on a two-story house. Employee #1 was moving an aluminum extension ladder when it contacted a 7,200-volt power line. He was electrocuted.

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

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			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127177624			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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