Abstract: On December 2, 2005, Employee #1 and his foreman were installing a 1 ft overhang on the north gable end truss of a 30 ft by 48 ft garage. They were using a Lull all-terrain forklift with a wooden box on the forks to access the gable end. The garage was about 6 ft from an energized overhead 7,200-volt primary electric distribution line that was neither guarded nor otherwise protected from contact. The foreman raised Employee #1 in the wooden box to within 1 ft of the power line. As he was working, Employee #1's left shoulder contacted the overhead line; the current exited his left arm near his hand. He suffered second- and third-degree burns, for which he was hospitalized.