OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #848309
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,LADDER,E C,METAL LADDER
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
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#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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