Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 665893 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LADDER

Accident Summary Nr: 665893 -- Report ID: 0112300 -- Event Date: 05/09/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100777853	05/09/1989	1721	0	Luke And Son

Abstract: AN EMPLOYER AND AN ACQUAINTANCE OF HIS WERE PAINTING A 2.5-STORY HOUSE. (THE ACQUAINTANCE WAS NOT AN EMPLOYEE AND WAS NOT LISTED ON THE FORM.) THEY WERE SETTING UP A 40-FOOT ALUMINUM EXTENSION LADDER TO PAINT THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE. THE EMPLOYER WAS HOLDING THE LADDER, AND HIS ACQUAINTANCE WAS PULLING THE ROPE TO EXTEND THE LADDER. AN 8000-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE WAS LOCATED AT THE ROAD EDGE, ABOVE THE TWO PEOPLE. APPARENTLY, THE LADDER CONTACTED THE POWER LINE, ELECTROCUTING THE EMPLOYER.

Keywords: EXTENSION LADDER, 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	100777853			Fatality	Electric Shock	Chief exec's & gen'l administrators, public admin.

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