OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #660357
L.W. METCALF, INC.
PEPPERELL, MA·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LADDER
Investigation abstract
FIVE EMPLOYEES WERE REPLACING THE ROOF ON A CHURCH. FOUR OF THEM WERE ON THE GRO UND LEVEL, AND THE FIFTH WAS ON A 32-FOOT-HIGH SCAFFOLD ADJACENT TO THE WORK LOC ATION. THE FOUR EMPLOYEES ON THE GROUND WERE RAISING A 36-FOOT-LONG POWER LADDER THAT HAD BEEN LYING ON THE GROUND. AS THE EMPLOYEES WERE RAISING THE LADDER BY HAND, IT EITHER CONTACTED OR CAME TOO CLOSE TO A 7620-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE L OCATED 26 FEET, 5 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. ONE OF THE FOUR EMPLOYEES WAS ELECTRO CUTED (HE HAD BURNS ON BOTH FEET); THE OTHER THREE RECEIVED ELECTRIC SHOCKS AND ELECTRICAL BURNS. THESE THREE EMPLOYEES WERE HOSPITALIZED FOR THEIR INJURIES.
Victims (4)
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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