OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14458004
BURN,EXTENSION LADDER,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,LADDER,E C,METAL LADDER,ELECTRIC SHOCK,PAINTER
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LADDER
Investigation abstract
FOUR EMPLOYEES WERE PAINTING THE EXTERIOR OF A CHURCH. TWO 40-FOOT ALUMINUM EXTE NING. NSION LADDERS WERE BEING USED. TWO OF THE EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING ON THE STREET S IDE OF THE CHURCH (NORTH WEST END). ONE OF THESE TWO EMPLOYEES WAS HOLDING THE A LUMINUM LADDER WHILE THE OTHER WAS EXTENDING IT. AT A HEIGHT OF 28.5 FEET, THE L ADDER MADE CONTACT WITH A 7600-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE HOLDING TH E LADDER RECEIVED SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS ON HIS HANDS AND FEET. BURN MARK S WERE OBSERVED ON THE CONCRETE SIDEWALK WHERE HE HAD BEEN STANDING. THE OTHER E MPLOYEE WAS NOT REPORTED TO BE INJURED. THE POWER LINE WAS PARALLEL TO THE CHURC H, 9.5 FEET AWAY FROM THE WALL. THE INJURED EMPLOYEE HAD RECEIVED NO SAFETY TRAI
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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