Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201860988 - Employee Dies after Electric Shock and Fall from Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201860988 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 11/02/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313733610	11/03/2009	1761	238160	Randy Wagers Dba R & B Roofing

Abstract: At approximately 11:00 a.m. on November 2, 2009, Employee #1 was working from a ladder jack scaffold. He was installing drip edge on a house. When he raised a 10 ft piece of aluminum drip edge to install it, it contacted a 19,900 volt overhead power line located approximately 4 ft above the roof peak. Employee #1 was shocked. He fell from the scaffold to the ground 20 ft below. Employee #1 suffered lacerations, electrical burns and internal injuries. He died at the hospital while being treated.

Keywords: RAIN SPOUT, SHOCK, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRIC SHOCK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313733610			Fatality	Electric Shock	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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