Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 597286 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LADDER

Accident Summary Nr: 597286 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 05/31/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110108743	07/03/1991	1541	0	Carlos Cody Hartley Dba Diversified Services, Inc.

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE WORKING FOR A GENERAL CONTRACTOR WAS ON AN ALUMINUM LADDER, PAINTING OVER AN EXISTING SIGN ON THE SIDE OF A BUILDING. AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE RAN PARALLEL TO AND ABOUT 10 FEET AWAY FROM THIS SIDE OF THE BUILDING. THE POWER LINE WAS ABOUT 18 FEET HIGH IN THE AREA WHERE THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING. A WITNESS TO THE ACCIDENT SAW THE WORKER ON THE LADDER AFTER IT LEANED INTO THE POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE THEN FELL TO THE GROUND, AND THE LADDER FELL ON TOP OF HIM. IN SPITE OF THE WITNESS'S ACCOUNT, EVIDENCE SUGGESTED THAT THE WORKER MIGHT HAVE BEEN MOVING THE LADDER TO A NEW POSITION WHEN IT CONTACTED THE POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO HAD NOT BEEN TRAINED IN THE USE OF LADDERS OR IN THE RECOGNITION AND AVOIDANCE OF UNSAFE CONDITIONS, WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, LADDER, METAL LADDER, E GI IB

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	110108743			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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