OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14460125
BARNES BUILDING CONTRACTORS INC
HOOPERSVILLE, MD—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LADDER
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A LADDER FROM A PITCHED POSITION AGAINST A ROOF TO A HORIZONTAL POSITION ON THE GROUND. THE LADDER WAS A 40-FOOT, 2-SECTIO N, HEAVY-DUTY ALUMINUM EXTENSION LADDER. IT WAS EXTENDED TO 28 FEET, AND ITS FEE T WERE LOCATED 15 FEET HORIZONTALLY AND 22 FEET VERTICALLY FROM A 7200-VOLT OVER HEAD POWER LINE. WHILE IT WAS BEING MOVED BY THE TWO EMPLOYEES, THE LADDER SLIPP ED AWAY FROM THEM AND CONTACTED THE ENERGIZED LINE. AS A RESULT, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ELECTROCUTED, AND EMPLOYEE #2 RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK AND BURNS ON HIS RIGHT FOOT. THE VICTIMS WERE THE ONLY TWO EMPLOYEES AT THE SITE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS THE JOB FOREMAN AT THE TIME AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR JOB SAFETY.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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