OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14471403
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,LADDER,METAL LADDER,E GI IB
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LADDER
Investigation abstract
TWO ROOFERS WERE ERECTING A LADDER JACK SCAFFOLD. AS THE EMPLOYEES WERE PLACING ONE OF THE TWO METAL LADDERS OF THE SCAFFOLD AGAINST THE BUILDING, THE LADDER CO NTACTED A 12-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE TWO EMPLOYEES WERE ELECTROCUTED. NO INSULATION HAD BEEN PLACED ON THE ENERGIZED POWER LINE.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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