Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 895011 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LADDER

Accident Summary Nr: 895011 -- Report ID: 0355111 -- Event Date: 07/09/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123655193	07/10/1992	1542	0	Jam Contracting & Services Inc

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A 40-FOOT METAL EXTENSION LADDER THAT HAD BEEN PLACED AGAINST THE EAST SIDE OF A TWO-STORY HOUSE. A 34.5-KILOVOLT (19.5-KILOVOLT-TO-GROUND) OVERHEAD POWER LINE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 26 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND AND 10 FEET FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE HOUSE. THE LADDER HAD BEEN EXTENDED TO REACH THE ATTIC AREA OF THE HOUSE AT A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 28 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE STOOD THE LADDER UP INTO A VERTICAL POSITION, IT CONTACTED THE POWER LINE, AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: 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	123655193			Fatality	Electric Shock	Painters, construction and maintenance

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