OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14569909
BIG C RESTORATION CONTRACTOR
GROVE CITY, OH·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LADDER
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE PAINTING A HOUSE. THE ALUMINUM LADDER THEY WERE USING WAS TOO SHORT FOR THEM TO REACH THE EAVES. TO REMEDY THIS PROBLEM, THEY SECURED A SECON D LADDER TO THE FIRST. AS THEY WERE RAISING THE LADDER INTO PLACE, IT CONTACTED A 7620-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. ONE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED, AND THE OTHER RE CEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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