Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201855236 - One killed, one shocked when scaffold strikes power line

Accident Summary Nr: 201855236 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 06/17/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305362808	06/17/2002	1761	238160	Merrick Construction Companies, Inc.

Abstract: On June 17, 2002, Employees #1 and #2 and a coworker were manually moving a mobile scaffold around a building when it contacted a 7,200-volt, C phase, overhead power line. Employee #1 was pulling the scaffold from the front and was electrocuted. Employee #2 was pushing the scaffold from the left rear and suffered only a mild electric shock. The coworker was pushing the scaffold from the right rear but was not actually touching it at the time of contact, and was not injured.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, ELECTRIC SHOCK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	305362808			Fatality	Electric Shock	Sheet metal workers
2	305362808			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Sheet metal workers

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