Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 124762.015 - Employee, shocked by electric arc, falls from roof and is ki

Accident Summary Nr: 124762.015 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 03/12/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1469434.015	03/12/2020		238120	C & T Building Technologies, Llc

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on March 12, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working at the renovation of a two-story commercial building. He was on the roof and using a steel tape measure in preparation for installing a piece of sheet metal roofing. The wind blew the extended part of the tape measure into an overhead power line that was transmitting 19,920 volts of electricity. An electric arc occurred, which burned and shocked Employee #1 and caused him to fall from the roof, a fall height of 25 feet. The impact of the fall resulted in blunt force traumatic injuries to his head and torso. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Burn, Construction, Contact, Electric Arc, Electric Shock, Fall, Head, Installing, Leg, Metal Strip, Overhead Power Line, Roof, Roofer, Steel, Torso, Windy

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation			2	25	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1469434.015	30	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: 25 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 25 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Bolting-Up/Detail Work Fatality Cause:

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