Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 87979.015 - One employee killed and one employee shocked while moving sc

Accident Summary Nr: 87979.015 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 05/31/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1169913.015	08/11/2016		238130	Leobardo Maravilla

Abstract: At 6:00 p.m. on May 31, 2016, Employee #1 and Employee #2 were part of a crew of employees moving a 48-foot pump jack scaffold support leg. Employee #1, working from the ground, lifted the bottom of the scaffold leg. Employee #2 was working from an elevated box secured to the forklift forks of a Genie Rough Terrain Forklift, Model GTH844. Employee #2 held on to the upper section of the scaffold leg, while the employer operated the rough-terrain forklift. Employee #1 and employee #2 both received an electrical shock when the 48-foot scaffold support leg was moved within approximately 6 feet of 7.2 KV power lines overhead and Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: Electric Shock, Electrical, Electrocuted, Overhead Power Line, Power Lines, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Pump Jack Scaffold

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1169913.015	29	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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