OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #848309

COURTESY ROOFING, INC.

DES PLAINES, IL· 1988-04-21T09:20:00

Event: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, LADDER, E C, METAL LADDER
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #103262978
Employer profile: COURTESY ROOFING, INC.
Summary number: 848309
Report ID: 524200

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LADDER

Investigation abstract

FIVE EMPLOYEES WORKING FOR A ROOFING CONTRACTOR WERE INSTALLING GUTTERS ON A SIN GLE-STORY BUILDING. THEY HAD BEEN WORKING FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS. A 7.2-KILOVOLT OVER HEAD POWER LINE WAS LOCATED 18 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND AND 7 FEET, 10 INCHES FROM THE SOUTH WALL OF THE BUILDING. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES, THE FOREMAN, WAS MOVING AN ALUMINUM EXTENSION LADDER THAT WAS POSITIONED ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE BUILDING AS THE POWER LINE. THE LADDER HAD BEEN EXTENDED TO A LENGTH OF 22 FEET. AS THE E MPLOYEE MOVED THE LADDER, IT CONTACTED THE POWER LINE, AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELEC TROCUTED.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 28 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
4

Event type
6

Source
15

Occupation code
558

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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