Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170761126 - Employee electrocuted when metal roofing strikes power line

Accident Summary Nr: 170761126 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 01/01/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305898298	10/28/2002	1761	238160	Cupery Construction Co.

Abstract: At approximately 8:47 a.m. on or about January 1, 2003, Employee #1 was assisting coworkers in the removal and replacement of metal roof decking on a 3-in-12 pitched roof. He was was holding a section of 9 ft 4 in. long by 3-1.2 in. wide sheet metal roofing when it contacted a three-phase overhead power line carrying 7,200 volts of current. Employee #1 was electrocuted. The lines were not covered, protected, or de-energized and grounded. The line that was contacted was 5 ft 6 in. above the roof surface and 4 ft in from the roof edge. The building owners knew that there would be work conducted near the power lines, exposing the workers to the hazard of electric shock.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, PROTECTIVE GROUNDING, ROOF, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, METAL SHEET, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Maintenance or repair		$50,000 to $250,000	1	27	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305898298			Fatality	Electric Shock	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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