Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201953551 - Employee electrocuted when metal pole contacts power line

Accident Summary Nr: 201953551 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 09/09/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307001057	09/09/2003	1761	238170	Improvements Unlimited, Inc.

Abstract: On September 9, 2003, Employee #1, of Improvements Unlimited, Inc., was either taking down or laying down an aluminum pole from a pump jack scaffold. He was walking backward away from the house when he contacted a 7,200 volt overhead power line. Employee #1 was electrocuted.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, DISMANTLING, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, PUMP JACK SCAFFOLD, METAL POLE, WALKING BACKWARD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307001057			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing metal siding Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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