Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201771839 - Employee electrocuted when metal ladder contacts power line

Accident Summary Nr: 201771839 -- Report ID: 0213900 -- Event Date: 12/10/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303399083	12/10/2002	1799	562910	T & M Construction, Inc.

Abstract: On December 10, 2002, Employee #1 and two coworkers were carrying an aluminum extension ladder, extended approximately 35 ft 3 in. and in the upright position, laterally between a building and overhead electric lines. The clearance between the top corner of the building and the overhead lines was 7 ft 10 in. The three workers were moving the ladder to the left when it contacted the power lines, which were rated at 7,600-volt AC phase-to-ground and 13,200-volt AC phase-to-phase. Employee #1 was electrocuted.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, EXTENSION LADDER, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, METAL LADDER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	2	36	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303399083			Fatality	Electric Shock	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior cladding Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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