OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14475883
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,LADDER,E C,METAL LADDER
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LADDER
Investigation abstract
THE SOLE OWNER (AND ONLY EMPLOYEE) OF A ROOFING COMPANY AND A FRIEND WERE ATTEMP TING TO RAISE A 40-FOOT ALUMINUM EXTENSION LADDER INTO POSITION NEXT TO A BARN A T A RESIDENCE. AS THEY WERE MOVING THE LADDER, IT STRUCK AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE. (THE EARTH WAS WET, AS IT HAD RAINED THE NIGHT BEFORE, AND IT WAS FOGGY AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.) THE COMPANY OWNER WAS ELECTROCUTED. HIS FRIEND WAS ALSO I NJURED.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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