Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202355905 - Employee electrocuted when ladder contacts power line

Accident Summary Nr: 202355905 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 05/16/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308410133	05/17/2005	1731	238210	Quest Construction

Abstract: On May 16, 2005, Employee #1, of Quest Construction, cut several pieces of soffit on the ground for his co-workers who were working from a pump jack scaffold. He then began to move a 32 ft tall aluminum extension ladder that was propped against the south side of a single-family home under construction. Because this ladder did not have a rope, he had to move it while it was extended. Employee #1 was carrying the ladder when it fell backward into a 7,620-volt phase-to-ground distribution line and he was electrocuted. The power line was about 18 ft from the house and 10 ft from the base of the ladder.

Keywords: EXTENSION LADDER, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, METAL LADDER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	2	21	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308410133			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior cladding Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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