OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14340293

RAIN SPOUT,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ROOF,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,E C

1987-05-27T10:00:00

Event: RAIN SPOUT,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ROOF,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,E C
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14340293
Report ID: 419400

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU RAIN GUTTER

Investigation abstract

SOME EMPLOYEES WERE LIFTING AN 18-FOOT LENGTH OF METAL RAIN GUTTER TO AN EMPLOYE E ON A METAL ROOF. THE ROOF, WHICH WAS 25 FEET OFF THE GROUND, WAS 6 FEET, 3 INC HES FROM A 13.2-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. EITHER THE EMPLOYEE ON THE ROOF SW UNG THE GUTTER INTO THE OVERHEAD LINE, OR THE WIND BLEW THE GUTTER INTO THE LINE . AS A RESULT OF THE POWER LINE CONTACT, THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED ELECTRIC SHOCK, W HICH CAUSED HIM TO LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE DIED 6 DAYS LATER.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 21 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
4

Event type
13

Source
15

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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