OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14477764
MC MORROW PAINT & INSULATION INC
ROCKLAND, ME—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LADDER
Investigation abstract
A 29-YEAR-OLD JOB FOREMAN, WHO WAS STANDING ON WET GRASS, WAS RAISING A 28-FOOT ALUMINUM LADDER ON A RAINY DAY. THE EMPLOYEE KNEW THERE WERE OVERHEAD POWER LINE S ABOVE HIM (AT A HEIGHT OF 27 FEET). HE WAS UNDER THE LADDER AND BROUGHT IT TO AN ALMOST UPRIGHT POSITION AS HE STEADIED THE FOOT OF THE LADDER. HE APPARENTLY GOT THE LADDER CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE 12.3-KILOVOLT POWER LINES TO PROVIDE A PATH T O GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHED AWAY FROM THE LADDER, BUT THE CURRENT LEFT NO BURN MARKS ON THE EMPLOYEE, THE LADDER, OR THE POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE DIED OF AN APPARENT ELECTROCUTION.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 558
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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