Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201780871 - Employee electrocuted when lift platform strikes power line

Accident Summary Nr: 201780871 -- Report ID: 0935000 -- Event Date: 07/08/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109335570	07/08/2005	1721	238320	J & G Construction

Abstract: At approximately 2:05 p.m. on July 8, 2005, Employee #1 was standing on the metal platform of a scissor lift, power-washing the exterior of a hotel, when the platform contacted an overhead power line. Employee #1 was electrocuted. A coworker trying to rescue him suffered an elecrical shock, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	3	40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	109335570			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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