Abstract: FIVE EMPLOYEES WERE REPLACING THE ROOF ON A CHURCH. FOUR OF THEM WERE ON THE GROUND LEVEL, AND THE FIFTH WAS ON A 32-FOOT-HIGH SCAFFOLD ADJACENT TO THE WORK LOCATION. THE FOUR EMPLOYEES ON THE GROUND WERE RAISING A 36-FOOT-LONG POWER LADDER THAT HAD BEEN LYING ON THE GROUND. AS THE EMPLOYEES WERE RAISING THE LADDER BY HAND, IT EITHER CONTACTED OR CAME TOO CLOSE TO A 7620-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE LOCATED 26 FEET, 5 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. ONE OF THE FOUR EMPLOYEES WAS ELECTROCUTED (HE HAD BURNS ON BOTH FEET); THE OTHER THREE RECEIVED ELECTRIC SHOCKS AND ELECTRICAL BURNS. THESE THREE EMPLOYEES WERE HOSPITALIZED FOR THEIR INJURIES.