Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202444477 - Employee injured in fall after contact with power line

Accident Summary Nr: 202444477 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 08/01/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307461145	09/01/2006	1741	238140	Gbc Concrete And Masonry

Abstract: At approximately 9:00 a.m. on August 1, 2006, Employee #1, a concrete and masonry contractor, was standing atop a 10.67 ft tall block wall and installing 14.67 ft long rebar into it. During the process, a piece of rebar contacted a 33-kilowatt overhead power line. Employee #1 received an electric shock that passed through his body from his right hand to his left foot and resulted in electrical burns on his right and stomach. He fell to the ground, fracturing multiple vertebrae and his left hip. Employee #1 was transported to a hospital, where he was treated for 26 days, including skin grafts to his right arm. The damage to his vertebral column resulted in paraplegia.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, FRACTURE, PARALYSIS, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRIC SHOCK, VERTEBRA

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		10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307461145			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Brickmasons and stonemasons apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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