Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 813725 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU SCAFFOLD

Accident Summary Nr: 813725 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 08/21/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107735441	08/21/1989	1751	0	A Stroke Of Genius Painting Co.

Abstract: THREE INDEPENDENT PAINTERS CONTRACTED TO PAINT THE TRIM AND WINDOWS OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING. THE EMPLOYEES WERE MOVING A 33.75-FOOT-HIGH, 5-FOOT-WIDE MOBILE SCAFFOLD ON SLOPED, GRASS-COVERED GROUND. AN 8000-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 33 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND AND 6 FEET FROM THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING WHERE THE EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING. THE SCAFFOLD, WHICH WAS WITHIN 3 INCHES OF THE POWER LINE, TIPPED AND CONTACTED THE OVERHEAD LINE. ONE OF THE PAINTERS WAS ELECTROCUTED. THE OTHER TWO RECEIVED ELECTRIC SHOCKS AND BURNS. THESE TWO EMPLOYEES WERE HOSPITALIZED FOR THEIR INJURIES.

Keywords: BURN, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRIC SHOCK, PAINTER, E GI IB, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107735441	Fatality	Electric Shock	Painters, construction and maintenance
2	107735441	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Painters, construction and maintenance
3	107735441	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Painters, construction and maintenance

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