Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202648192 - Employee Is Shocked in Contact with Overhead Power Line

Accident Summary Nr: 202648192 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 10/14/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313514689	10/21/2011	1771	238110	Performance Concrete Construction Inc

Abstract: At approximately 8:12 a.m. on October 14, 2011, Employee #1 was working as a mason for his employer, a concrete pour construction contractor. Employee #1 was assigned the task of leveling and smoothing the wet concrete that had been poured on a second-floor deck at a residential property. Employee #1 was using a fresno (also called a bull float) with approximately 18-foot long aluminum handle. He inadvertently contacted the aluminum handle of the fresno with an overhead 12 KV power line and experienced a severe electric shock. Employee #1 was transported to a local hospital where he had the first and fifth toes on his right foot amputated. Employee #1 also received a serious burn injury to the sole of his left foot.

Keywords: BURN, CONCRETE FORM WORK, AMPUTATED, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, TOE, FOOT

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	2	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313514689			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Supervisors; brickmasons, stonemasons, tilesetters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior masonry Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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