Roofing Mechanic Trainee Electrocuted in South Carolina

doi:10.26616/NIOSHFACE9206

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Roofing Mechanic Trainee Electrocuted in South Carolina

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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
Description:

A 19-year-old roofing mechanic trainee (victim) was electrocuted after he inadvertently contacted an energized service entrance conductor. At the time of the incident, a crew of six workers, including the victim, was performing various tasks on the roof of a warehouse. The victim, in preparing to apply aluminum flashing around the perimeter of the roof, was kneeling on the corner of the roof, taking measurements along the roof's perimeter. Two electrical service entrances were located on the corner of the roof where the victim was working. When the victim completed his measurements and stood up, he contacted one of the energized electrical service entrance conductors (240-volts phase-to-phase) at his chest area. At the same time, his right forearm contacted the grounding wire for the service entrance which provided a path for the electrical current across the victim's chest through his right forearm to ground. Two co-workers knocked the victim away from the service entrance conductors and, without training, attempted CPR care until the local emergency medical service (EMS) arrived. The victim was pronounced dead at the emergency room of the local hospital approximately 25 minutes after the incident occurred.
Content Notes:

Publication Date supplied by FACE program; date does not appear on report.
Subjects:

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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident-prevention Accidents Construction-Search Electrical-hazards Electrical-safety Electrical-shock Electricity Electrocutions Injuries Injury-prevention Roofers Roofing-and-sheet-metal-work Roofing-industry Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-programs Training Traumatic-injuries
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Construction (0005) ; Electrocution (0006)

All (0000) ; Construction (0005) ; Electrocution (0006) Less -
Series:

Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

NIOSH (In-House)
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFACE9206
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

South Carolina ; OSHA Region 4

South Carolina ; OSHA Region 4 Less -
CIO:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Division:

DSR - Division of Safety Research
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

7 pages
NIOSHTIC Number:

20025846
NTIS Accession Number:

PB2005-102147
Citation:

Morgantown, : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Federal Fiscal Year:

1992
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

23 - Construction - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

1991/09/30
Resource Number:

FACE-92-06
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Main Document Checksum:

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urn:sha-512:28e53766cdaa0529fcb2e0ea273201bfc639fd57244ebd87e1a13a1fef93f41aeb00098dc7b1347d8c6be35171ac07610ba83ad2feb17ebde401fb508a21aaff
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