Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202552816 - Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Metal Pole

Accident Summary Nr: 202552816 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 03/29/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313169823	03/29/2011	7349	561790	All American Window Cleaning Inc

Abstract: An employee was using a Tucker Pole to wash windows on a three-story commercial building. He extended the pole a distance of 12 meters, and it contacted a 7,000-volt overhead power line, which was approximately 11.3 meters above the ground. The employee was electrocuted.

Keywords: WINDOW WASHER, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, METAL POLE, E GI IB

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	313169823			Fatality	Electric Shock	Painters, construction and maintenance

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