OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #953026
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,LADDER,METAL LADDER,E GI IB
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LADDER
Investigation abstract
A roofer was installing a downspout on a building. As he was moving his extensio n ladder, he lost his footing. The ladder contacted one phase conductor of a 12. 47-kilovolt (phase-to-ground) overhead power line. The employee received an elec tric shock. Emergency medical services administered first aid and transported th e employee to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He had been electrocuted .
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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