Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200552628 - Employee electrocuted when laddervator strikes power line

Accident Summary Nr: 200552628 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 12/06/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305956575	12/12/2002	1761	238160	Sunbelt Multi-Residential Contractors, Llc

Abstract: On December 6, 2002, Employee #1, a coworker, and the job foreman were moving a laddervator into position against a building to bring roofing materials from the ground to the roof. They had placed it between the building and energized overhead power lines. Employee #1 and the coworker raised the laddervator while the foreman provided kick-up bracing by placing a foot on each its feet. Employee #1 grasped the laddervator and pushed up from a high position, while Employee #2 grasped and pushed up below and in front of employee #1. Just before it reached a full vertical position, the laddervator apparently contacted the overhead lines. Employee #1 was electrocuted. The coworker suffered electrical burns, for which he was hospitalized. The foreman sustained no apparent injures. Clearance from the lines was estimated to have been less than 5 ft.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, LADDER, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305956575			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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