OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #690834
RIVERSIDE CONST & SIDING INC
BOUNTIFUL, UT·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK & BURN - SIDING CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ALUMINUM SIDING ON A BUILDING THAT WAS UNDER CONSTRUC TION. HE HAD TWO ALUMINUM LADDERS LEANING AGAINST THE BUILDING, WITH AN ALUMINUM PLANK BETWEEN THEM AT A HEIGHT OF 26 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE HAD SO ME 150-INCH-LONG, 0.5-INCH J-CHANNEL STUCK IN THE GABLE END OF THE BUILDING. THE EMPLOYEE PULLED A PIECE OF J-CHANNEL OUT OF THE BUILDING, AND IT CONTACTED A 72 00-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE THAT WAS INSTALLED 5 TO 8 FEET FROM THE BUILDING. TH E EMPLOYEE WAS HOSPITALIZED OVERNIGHT WITH BURNS ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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