Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201407905 - Employee electrocuted when ladder strikes power line

Accident Summary Nr: 201407905 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 12/31/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308928035	05/11/2007	1761	238170	Guilfords Seamless Eavestroughs Llc

Abstract: Employee #1 was electrocuted when his ladder apparently struck an overhead power line.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, LADDER, 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	308928035			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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