OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14341648
AQUEDUCT PAINTING & WATERPROOFING COMPANY
DEERFIELD BEACH, FL·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LADDER
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS PAINTING AT THE REAR OF A HOUSE. HE HAD BEEN WORKING FROM A 32-F OOT-LONG EXTENSION LADDER THAT HAD BEEN EXTENDED TO ABOUT 28 FEET. HE WAS MOVING THE LADDER FROM ONE BUILDING TO ANOTHER WITH THE LADDER STILL IN AN EXTENDED PO SITION. (THE LADDER WAS MISSING THE PULLEY AND ROPE NORMALLY FOUND ON AN EXTENSI ON LADDER.) WHILE WALKING THE LADDER, THE EMPLOYEE BROUGHT IT INTO CONTACT WITH AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE AND WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 29
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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