Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 81119.015 - Employee on ladder sustains electric shock, falls, and is ki

Accident Summary Nr: 81119.015 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 11/17/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1106583.015	11/18/2015		238990	Efrain Lujano

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on November 17, 2015, Employee #1, employed by a construction subcontractor, was working at a multiemployer residential building site. He was carrying a 15-foot section of steel gutter up a ladder in preparation for installing it on the building's second floor fascia board. A section of the steel gutter came into contact with an electrical power wire that was approximately 6 feet 6 inches from the building. Employee #1 sustained an electrical shock and fell from the ladder, a fall height of 17 feet. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: Construction, Electric Shock, Fall, Fall Protection, Installing, Ladder, Power Lines, Steel

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	2	25	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1106583.015	24	M	Fatality		Assemblers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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