Painter Electrocuted while Repositioning an Aluminum Extension Ladder in Virginia: FACE 90-09

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
• Description:
  A painter was electrocuted and his co-worker injured, when a portable aluminum extension ladder contacted a 7,200-volt powerline. This incident occurred as the two workers were painting a two-story aluminum-sided house. The powerline was located parallel to, and approximately 10 feet from, one side of the house. The powerline was 22 feet off the ground. The victim was using a 30-foot aluminum extension ladder to paint the upper part of the house, while his co-worker was using a stepladder to paint the window trim on the first floor. The victim had progressed to a point where repositioning the ladder was necessary to continue painting. He descended the ladder, placed the paint brush and bucket on the ground, and proceeded to move the ladder. The ladder tipped backwards and contacted the powerline. The current passed through the ladder and victim to ground while he was still in contact with the energized ladder.
• Content Notes:
  Publication Date supplied by FACE program ; date does not appear on report.
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Construction Industry
  • Electric Injuries
  • Electricity
  • Occupational Exposure
  • Occupational Health
  • Paint
  • Safety
  More +
• Keywords:
  • OSHA Region 3
  • Painters
  • Painting
  • Electric-power-transmission-lines
  • Electrical-conductivity
  • Electrical-hazards
  • Accident-prevention
  • Accidents
  • Injuries
  • Injury-prevention
  More +
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Electrocution ; Hispanic - Construction
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  NIOSH (In-House) ; Worker Deaths by Electrocution: NIOSH 2000-115 ; Worker Deaths by Electrocution: NIOSH 98-131
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFACE9009
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Virginia ; OSHA Region 3
• 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:
  5 pages
• Volume:
  1990
• Issue:
  09
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024471
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2005-102130
• 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:
  1990
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1989/10/16
• Resource Number:
  FACE 90-09
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/167325/cdc_167325_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 30.15 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:95e41645976d3a54560761812f174329b1bf95feced2da704cd7a38a2985720fbb180c8fab637a7bd5f0c604b289dcf9c13270a5acbdfd75f1fbe4d24289b75e