Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 302561931 - Employee electrocuted by high voltage power line

Accident Summary Nr: 302561931 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 03/07/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302561931	03/08/2000	1761	0	Natural Way Insulation, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was installing gutters on a newly constructed house. The work was being performed from a metal ladder. As Employee #1 was attempting to relocate the ladder to a new work location, he lifted the ladder in an attempt to cross over other ladders that were lying on the ground. Employee #1 was holding the ladder in a vertical position. He was moving the ladder without lowering it to a horizontal position. In lifting the ladder, Employee #1 brought it into direct contact with power lines that were directly overhead. These power lines were approximately 11 ft from the side of the house and the gutters which were being worked on and carried a voltage of 11,400 KV. As a result of the contact of the metal ladder with the power line, the employee received an electrical shock and was electrocuted.

Keywords: ELECTRIC CABLE, ELECTROCUTED, CONSTRUCTION, METAL LADDER, ELECTRIC SHOCK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2	55	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302561931			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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