OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221684442

JK CONTRACTING SERVICES, INC.

WILLIAMSPORT, MD· 2024-07-03T00:00:00

Event: Burn, Clearance, Construction, Contact, Electric Shock, Electrical Burn, Electrocuted, Energized, High Voltage, Installing, Lack of Engineering Controls, Line Clearance, Metal, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Overhead Power Line, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Power Lines, Residential Construction, Roof, Roofer, Shock
NAICS: 238160
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347599177
Employer profile: JK CONTRACTING SERVICES, INC.
Summary number: 221684442
Report ID: 0352440
Project type: B
Construction end-use: B

Event description

Employee dies when electrocuted from contact with power line

Investigation abstract

At 11:30 a.m. on July 3, 2024, an employee working as a roofer for a roofing contractor was attempting to install a 117-1/4-inch-long piece of metal drip edge on the roof edge of a residential building. While the employee attempted to install the drip edge, it contacted a 7,200-volt energized overhead power line. The employee sustained electrical burns and contusions. He was transported to the hospital, where he later was pronounced dead upon arrival.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 47 M

Event type
13

Occupation code
595

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