Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202461893 - Employee electrocuted when metal rod contacts power line

Accident Summary Nr: 202461893 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 01/17/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310883780	02/08/2007	1521	236115	Smith Built Construction, Inc.

Abstract: On January 17, 2007, Employee #1 was standing on a 20 ft high scaffold erected next to the chimney on the west side of a new home under construction. An overhead power line ran next to the home, 8 ft out from the chimney and between 3 ft and 5 ft above the scaffold. Employee #1 was inserting a 17 ft 7 in. reinforcing rod down the chimney when he raised the rod and it contacted the power line. Employee #1 was electrocuted.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, METAL POLE, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310883780			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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