Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202081055 - Employee Sustains Electrical Burns

Accident Summary Nr: 202081055 -- Report ID: 0453730 -- Event Date: 07/01/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315685073	07/01/2011	1799	238990	Rite Lite Signs, Inc.

Abstract: On July 1, 2011, Employee # 1 and a coworker were installing signs from the ground using a boom truck to lift and position the signs. Employee #2 was using the controls at the back of the truck to extend the boom and it contacted an overhead power line (13.8 kV). Employee #1 received second and third degree burns to 75 percent of his body.

Keywords: BURN, ELECTRIC SIGN, ELECTRIC SHOCK, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1	35

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	315685073			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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