Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 590000 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU RAIN GUTTER

Accident Summary Nr: 590000 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 01/31/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
122319338	02/20/1996	1522	0	Windows, Door And More By Steel-Tite Inc.

Abstract: An employee was working from a 12.2-meter (40-foot) aluminum ladder, installing a 4.6-meter-long (15-foot-long) section of gutter on a three-story apartment building. He brought the gutter section into contact with a nearby overhead power line and was electrocuted. The employee fell off the ladder and was taken to a hospital, where entry and exit wounds were found on his left and right hands.

Keywords: RAIN SPOUT, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, LADDER, E GI IC

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	122319338			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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