Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201772126 - Employee electrocuted, then falls from pump jack scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201772126 -- Report ID: 0213900 -- Event Date: 08/18/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306716002	08/18/2003	1761	238170	Matuzael Witeck Dba Matuzael Witeck

Abstract: On August 18, 2003, Employee #1 was working from on an aluminum pump jack scaffold. He was holding a 10 ft 2 in. long piece of aluminum fascia when it contacted a 7,200-volt overhead power line. Employee #1 sustained a electric shock and he fell approximately 19 ft 2 in. through the scaffold onto the concrete sidewalk. He suffered additional trauma when his head struck the pavement as he landed. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, HEAD, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, PUMP JACK SCAFFOLD, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT

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	306716002			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 19 feet Cause: Exterior cladding Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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