Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 692913 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LADDER

Accident Summary Nr: 692913 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 09/12/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105699953	09/13/1988	1761	0	Douglas Aluminum And Vinyl Co.

Abstract: Two employees had just completed installing a downspout on the south end of a three-story building and were moving a ladder to the north end to install the other downspout. The 12.2-meter aluminum extension ladder was extended to a length of 9.6 meters at the time. A 19.9-kilovolt single-phase overhead power line was located 8.7 meters from the ground and about 5 meters from the building. The employees lost control of the ladder, and it fell into the power line. One of the employees was electrocuted. The other employee received an electric shock and was hospitalized for 9 days. He could not recall anything about the accident afterwards.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105699953			Fatality	Electric Shock	Roofers
2	105699953			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Roofers

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