OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #810465
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 EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING THE ROOF OF A CHURCH. HE HAD JUST DESCENDED AN EXTENSI ON LADDER. THE EMPLOYER'S NORMAL PRACTICE WAS TO LOWER THE LADDER AND THEN LAY I T ON ITS SIDE. THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT FOLLOW THIS PRACTICE. INSTEAD, HE APPARENTLY RAISED THE LADDER AND PULLED IT BACKWARDS INTO A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE THAT WAS ABOUT 25 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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