Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 954149 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU RAIN GUTTER

Accident Summary Nr: 954149 -- Report ID: 0355118 -- Event Date: 12/20/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123691776	12/20/1993	1761	0	F & F Guttering

Abstract: Three employees were installing new aluminum gutters at a furniture company. One of the employees was standing on an aluminum ladder; one of them was on the roof of the building; and the third was on the ground. Each of the employees was handling 50-foot-long gutter sections. While the employee on the roof and the one on the ladder were holding a gutter section, it contacted an overhead power line. The employee on the ladder was electrocuted. (The employee on the roof was not reported as being injured.)

Keywords: RAIN SPOUT, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, LADDER, METAL LADDER, E GI IC

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123691776			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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