OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #607804
LES SUTTON
ATLANTA, GA·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LADDER
Investigation abstract
ON A CLEAR, HOT DAY, A PAINTER WAS PAINTING THE GUTTERS ON SOME APARTMENT BUILDI EMPLOYEE WAS AN EXPERIENCED PAINTER, WHO HAD RECEIVED ON-THE-JOB TRAINING. (BEC AUSE THE EMPLOYER DID NOT REPORT THE FATALITY TO OSHA, THE AGENCY DID NOT LEARN OF THE ACCIDENT UNTIL 6 MONTHS LATER.) NGS. HE WAS USING A 24-FOOT METAL EXTENSION LADDER. THE HEIGHT OF THE GUTTER FRO M GROUND WAS 17 FEET, 8 INCHES. A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD LINE WAS LOCATED 19 FEET, 7 INCHES FROM GROUND AT A HORIZONTAL DISTANCE OF 8 FEET, 6 INCHES FROM THE GUTTER . THE PAINTER HAD PLACED THE BASE OF THE LADDER 8 FEET, 2 INCHES FROM THE BUILDI NG. HE FINISHED PAINTING PART OF THE GUTTER AND DESCENDED THE LADDER SO HE COULD MOVE IT. HE APPARENTLY PUSHED THE LADDER INTO A VERTICAL POSITION TO PICK IT UP , AND THE LADDER CONTACTED THE OVERHEAD LINE. THE PAINTER WAS ELECTROCUTED. THE EMPLOYER HAD NOT CONTACTED THE ELECTRIC UTILITY IN REGARD TO THE POWER LINE. THE
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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