Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 848309 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LADDER

Accident Summary Nr: 848309 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 04/21/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103262978	04/21/1988	1761	0	Courtesy Roofing, Inc.

Abstract: FIVE EMPLOYEES WORKING FOR A ROOFING CONTRACTOR WERE INSTALLING GUTTERS ON A SINGLE-STORY BUILDING. THEY HAD BEEN WORKING FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS. A 7.2-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE WAS LOCATED 18 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND AND 7 FEET, 10 INCHES FROM THE SOUTH WALL OF THE BUILDING. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES, THE FOREMAN, WAS MOVING AN ALUMINUM EXTENSION LADDER THAT WAS POSITIONED ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE BUILDING AS THE POWER LINE. THE LADDER HAD BEEN EXTENDED TO A LENGTH OF 22 FEET. AS THE EMPLOYEE MOVED THE LADDER, IT CONTACTED THE POWER LINE, AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, LADDER, E C, METAL LADDER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103262978			Fatality	Electric Shock	Supervisors, n.e.c.

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