Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200921369 - Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Conveyor

Accident Summary Nr: 200921369 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 02/20/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307226985	02/21/2004	1761	238160	Brothers Roofing

Abstract: An employee was using an extendible, truck-mounted conveyor belt to hoist bundles of shingles to the roof of a single-story attached garage. The truck's boom rotated suddenly, and the conveyor system contacted a 13.2-kilovolt overhead power line, electrocuting the employee.

Keywords: BOOM TRUCK, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IA, CONVEYOR, MECH MALFUNCTION

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307226985			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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