Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 949040 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LADDER

Accident Summary Nr: 949040 -- Report ID: 0355111 -- Event Date: 04/30/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302567268	05/03/1999	1721	0	R.M. Harris & Sons Painting

Abstract: An employee was moving a 12.2-meter-long extension ladder. The ladder contacted an overhead power line, and the employee received an electric shock. He was transported to a hospital where he later died.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, LADDER, METAL LADDER, E GI IB

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Other		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302567268			Fatality	Electric Shock	Supervisors; painters, paperhangers and plasterers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior painting and decorating Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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