Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 979666 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LADDER

Accident Summary Nr: 979666 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 03/07/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126974971	03/10/1997	1721	0	Westrans Construction, Inc.

Abstract: Two painters were working at a motel. A 7200-volt overhead power line was located 7.9 meters above the ground and about 3 meters away from the lobby of the motel. The employees were outside the motel lobby, retracting an aluminum extension ladder that had been extended to a length of 8.2 meters. When the employees started to move the ladder, it contacted the power line. One of the employees was electrocuted. The other received an electric shock and was knocked unconscious. He was admitted to a hospital, where he was listed in critical condition. (He was in a coma at the time the form was submitted.)

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

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1	16	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126974971			Fatality	Electric Shock	Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire
2	126974971			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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