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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221546195

153509 - MASTER ROOFING - SIDING, LLP

Event
Contact, Electric Shock, Electrocuted, Hoist, Lost Control, Lowering, Power Lines, Roof, Roofer
NAICS
238160
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#346474687
Employer profile
153509 - MASTER ROOFING - SIDING, LLP
Summary number
221546195
Report ID
0453710

Event description

Two employees are electrocuted while completing roofing acti

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 noon on January 23, 2023, subcontractor employees were completing 6, 2023. roofing activities on a two-story residential home. Employee #1, the company owner, was lowering a 32-foot shingle hoist from the front right corner of the residential home when he lost control of the hoist and it contacted the 7,200-volt electrical distribution lines located approximately 23-1/2 feet away from the home. Once the shingle hoist contacted the electrical distribution line employee #1 was electrocuted. Employee #2 saw employee #1 and attempted to push him off of the power line when he also was electrocuted. Both employees were transported to the hospital where employee #2 died from his injuries on February

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 24 M

    Event type
    13
    Occupation code
    999

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