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Accident Summary Nr: 202313706 - Employee burned by electric arc from power line

Accident Summary Nr: 202313706 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 07/28/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125568758	09/12/2003	1741	238140	B & L Masonary

Abstract: On July 28, 2003, Employee #1, a roofer with B & L Masonry in Sunnyvale, CA, was working with a foreman on a three-tiered scaffold erected behind a building near high voltage lines. He was cutting pieces of wire and handing them to the foreman. Employee #1 cut a 10 ft long section of wire but got too close to the 39 ft high power line, resulting in an electric arc. He was knocked off the scaffold and fell 24 ft to the ground. Employee #1 suffered electrical burns to his left hand and foot. He was transported to Valley Medical Center in San Jose, CA, where he was hospitalized for three days.

Keywords: BURN, CLEARANCE, ELECTRIC ARC, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, CONSTRUCTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, INATTENTION, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	4

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125568758			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Brickmasons and stonemasons apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior cladding Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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