Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 310573720 - Employee electrocuted when gutter contacts power line

Accident Summary Nr: 310573720 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 10/04/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310573720	10/05/2006	1761	238170	Lacina Siding And Windows

Abstract: At approximately 4:00 p.m. on October 4, 2006, Employee #1 and a coworker, both gutter installation workers, were working from a ladder jack scaffold when the gutter they were placing contacted a high-voltage overhead power line. Employee #1 was electrocuted.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, INSTALLING, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	2	20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310573720			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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