OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14235006
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,LADDER,E C,METAL LADDER,ELECTRIC SHOCK,PAINTER
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LADDER
Investigation abstract
TWO PAINTERS WERE MOVING A 27-FOOT METAL LADDER NEAR A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE LINE WAS 12 FEET, 10 INCHES FROM THE BUILDING AND 25 FEET, 1 INCH FROM GROUND LEVEL. ONE PAINTER WAS HOLDING THE EXTENSION ROPE OF THE LADDER WHILE TH E OTHER HELD THE METAL SIDE RAIL. AS THE LADDER CONTACTED THE POWER LINE, THE EM PLOYEE HOLDING THE SIDE RAIL WAS ELECTROCUTED, AND THE ONE HOLDING THE ROPE WAS THROWN TO THE GROUND.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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