OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #704205
SPRINGFIELD HOSPITAL CENTER
SYKESVILLE, MD·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LADDER
Investigation abstract
Two roofers were installing aluminum facing over an existing wood soffit located f the ladder, but the employee holding the ladder received an electric shock. He also sustained burns over 33 percent of his body, including his hands, chest, a rms, and back. He was hospitalized for his injuries at a burn center. under the eaves of a roof. The employees were using a 12.2-meter-long metal ext ension ladder to reach the work area. They had finished one area and had to move and extend the ladder to reach an area closer to the peak of the roof. The base of the ladder was 2.4 meters from the house, and a 7600-volt overhead power lin e was located 2.8 meters from the eaves and 9 meters above the ground. One of th e employees was standing on the ground at the base of the ladder steadying it, w hile his coworker stood on the second or third rung of the ladder to extend it. The top of the ladder contacted the power line. The coworker was able to jump of
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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