OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14210991
BURN,EXTENSION LADDER,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,LADDER,E C,METAL LADDER,ELECTRIC SHOCK
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THROUGH LADDER
Investigation abstract
A 32-FOOT ALUMINIUM LADDER HAD BEEN USED TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE ROOF OF A TWO-AND -ONE-HALF-STORY APARTMENT BUILDING TO DO REPAIR WORK ON A LOUVER. AFTER THE JOB WAS FINISHED, AN EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING THE LADDER IN A VERTICAL POSITION. THE OWN ER/EMPLOYER CLIMBED THE LADDER A FEW (FOUR OR FIVE) RUNGS TO RELEASE THE EXTENSI ON SECTION OF THE LADDER TO LOWER IT. THE LADDER WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A ROPE TO DO THIS. AS THE OWNER STARTED CLIMBING THE LADDER, IT STARTED TO FALL AND HIT A 7,500-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE OWNER WAS KNOCKED FROM THE LADDER. THE EMPL OYEE, WHO HELD THE LADDER UNTIL IT FELL AWAY FROM THE POWER LINE, RECEIVED AN EL ECTRIC SHOCK AND BURNS.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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