Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202450441 - Employee electrocuted in contact with power line

Accident Summary Nr: 202450441 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 11/14/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309575074	11/16/2005	1751	238350	Finishing Touches Of Pinellas, Inc.

Abstract: On November 14, 2005, Employee #1, the company owner, and and a worker from another company, were power-washing a residential building in preparation for painting. Employee #1 was moving a 40 ft aluminum ladder when either he or the ladder contacted a 7,200-volt transmission line at the front of the building. Employee #1 was electrocuted.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, METAL LADDER, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	2	30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309575074			Fatality	Electric Shock	Supervisors; painters, paperhangers and plasterers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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