Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201636313 - Employee injured when metal ladder contacts power line

Accident Summary Nr: 201636313 -- Report ID: 1054112 -- Event Date: 10/10/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310276407	10/16/2006	1521	236115	Mcgehee Homes Llc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310276233	10/11/2006	1721	238320	Teplick Painting Llc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310276944	10/11/2006	1721	238320	Stephen Mann

Abstract: Employee #1 and two coworkers were painting the front of a building. They were moving a fully-extended 40 ft aluminum extension ladder along the front of the building when they lost control of the ladder and it contacted an overhead high-voltage power line. Employee #1 suffered an electric shock, sustaining injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, METAL LADDER, ELECTRIC SHOCK, PAINTER, EXTENSION LADDER, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, LOST CONTROL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310276407			Occupation not reported
2	310276233			Occupation not reported
3	310276944	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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