Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 942532 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 942532 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 05/27/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18513390	05/30/1989	1721	0	Turner - Baxter Inc.

Abstract: TWO EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING FROM AN EXTENSIBLE-BOOM AERIAL LIFT, REMOVING PAINT FROM THE SIDE OF A BUILDING. THEY WERE USING A PRESSURE WASHER AND AN ALUMINUM-HANDLED SCRUB BRUSH TO PERFORM THIS TASK. THE EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING NEAR A 4160-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES HAD FINISHED SCRUBBING THE BUILDING SURFACE AND STEPPED BACK, AS THE SECOND EMPLOYEE RINSED THE BUILDING WITH THE PRESSURE WASHER. WHEN THE SECOND EMPLOYEE TURNED AROUND, HE NOTICED THAT THE FIRST EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING IN THE CORNER OF THE PLATFORM VOMITING. HE WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD OF ELECTROCUTION. THE SECOND EMPLOYEE WAS ALSO INJURED, BUT THE REPORT DID NOT STATE HOW THIS OCCURRED.

Keywords: E GI III, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, UNTRAINED, AERIAL LIFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18513390			Fatality	Electric Shock	Painters, construction and maintenance
2	18513390			Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Painters, construction and maintenance

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