OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221589575
ON SHORE ROOFING SPECIALISTS, INC.
PALM CITY, FL—
Event description
Employee is electrocuted while repairing metal roof
Investigation abstract
At 12:00 noon on August 3, 2023, an employee, a roofer, was performing repairs on a metallic roof and was lowering a 33-foot-long metallic ladder to move it to another building when the ladder got too close to an electrical line. An electric arc flash occurred, and the employee was electrocuted.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Event type
- 13
- Occupation code
- 869
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