Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202353538 - Employee injured when scaffold pole contacts power line

Accident Summary Nr: 202353538 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 03/08/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307389957	03/08/2004	1521	236118	Lauer Construction, Inc.

Abstract: On March 8, 2004, Employee #1 was setting up a 24 ft tall pump jack scaffold when one of its poles contacted a 22 ft high, 7620-volt overhead power line. He sustained burns on his hands and face and a compression fracture in his back. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he was admitted for observation.

Keywords: BURN, CLEARANCE, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, PUMP JACK SCAFFOLD, BACK, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	2	25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307389957			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Construction trades, n.e.c.	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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