Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200462208 - Employee Electrocuted When Scaffold Pole Hits Power Line
Accident: 200462208 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 07/25/2007 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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310673413 | 07/25/2007 | 1761 | Whittemore Construction, Incorporated | ||||
On July 25, 2007, Employee #1, age 17, and two coworkers, were dismantling an aluminum pump jack scaffold. He was lowering the pole when it contacted a 25,000-volt overhead power line.Employee #1 was electrocuted. | |||||||
Keywords:
clearance, overhead power line, dismantling, work rules, electrocuted, struck against, construction, pump jack scaffold, metal pole, inattention
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Multi-family dwelling | Alteration or rehabilitation | $250,000 to $500,000 | 3 | X | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 310673413 | Fatality | Electric Shock | Occupation not reported | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Exterior cladding FatCause: Electrocution from equipment installation/tool use |