OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14478424

ABRAHAM WEEKS & SONS INC

WILMINGTON, DE— 1984-04-17T00:00:00

Event: ELECTROCUTED,LADDER,E PTD,TRANSFORMER VAULT,METAL LADDER,ELEC CIRC PART--MISC,ELEC UTILITY WORK,TRANSFORMER
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #1833722
Employer profile: ABRAHAM WEEKS & SONS INC
Summary number: 14478424
Report ID: 317020

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT THROUGH LADDER

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN A 10-FOOT ALUMINUM LADDER HE WAS USING INSIDE A T RANSFORMER VAULT CAME IN CONTACT WITH AN ENERGIZED 12,000-VOLT PART.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 49 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
4

Event type
13

Source
15

Occupation code
999

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
2

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