OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #665893
EXTENSION LADDER,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,LADDER,METAL LADDER,E GI IB
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LADDER
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYER AND AN ACQUAINTANCE OF HIS WERE PAINTING A 2.5-STORY HOUSE. (THE ACQ UAINTANCE WAS NOT AN EMPLOYEE AND WAS NOT LISTED ON THE FORM.) THEY WERE SETTING UP A 40-FOOT ALUMINUM EXTENSION LADDER TO PAINT THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE. THE EMP LOYER WAS HOLDING THE LADDER, AND HIS ACQUAINTANCE WAS PULLING THE ROPE TO EXTEN D THE LADDER. AN 8000-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE WAS LOCATED AT THE ROAD EDGE, ABO VE THE TWO PEOPLE. APPARENTLY, THE LADDER CONTACTED THE POWER LINE, ELECTROCUTIN G THE EMPLOYER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 4
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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