OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221546195
153509 - MASTER ROOFING - SIDING, LLP
FRISCO, NC—
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
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Event type
- 13
- Occupation code
- 999
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