Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
105,991Records 71,450Employers 85,836Hospitalizations 27,959Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-11-30

OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14297832

ANDREWS MANOR APARTMENTS ASSOCIATES

Event
OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, LADDER, METAL LADDER, ELECTRIC SHOCK, E GI IB
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#102033172
Employer profile
ANDREWS MANOR APARTMENTS ASSOCIATES
Summary number
14297832
Report ID
352440

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LADDER

Investigation abstract

An employee was raising a 12.2-meter-long (40-foot-long) aluminum extension ladd er under an overhead power line located 8.3 to 9.5 meters (27.25 to 31.25 feet) above the ground. The ladder contacted the 13-kilovolt (phase-to-phase) power li ne, and the employee received an electric shock. He was hospitalized for his inj uries.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 24 M

    Nature of injury
    10
    Part of body
    11
    Event type
    13
    Source
    15
    Occupation code
    448
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    2

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