Fatality Narrative: Painter Electrocuted When Elevating Boom Manlift Contacts Powerline

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• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  On August 4, 2002, a painter was killed when he fell from the bucket of an elevating boom type manlift after suffering electrocution when he came in contact with an energized overhead powerline. The 48-year-old worker was on his second day on the job with his employer, a painting contractor. The job involved painting the exterior of a multi-story, multi-unit condominium. He was hired on for the duration of the job. Prior to the incident, a supervisor had given the worker a fall protection harness. He was not given any training or instruction in using the lift, he had never used such a lift before. The supervisor then left the worker in order to attend to another task. The worker then got into the bucket of the manlift and raised it to about 35 feet where it contacted an energized 26,000 volt powerline. The worker then somehow fell from the lift and struck the ground. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidental Falls
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Education
  • Electric Injuries
  • Mortality
  • Occupational Health
  • Paint
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Workers
  • Work environment
  • Painters
  • Electrocutions
  • Electrical shock
  • Electrical hazards
  • Power lines
  • Falls
  • Fall protection
  • Harnesses
  More +
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052003
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 71-7-2003, 2003 Jan; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Fatality narrative: painter electrocuted when elevating boom manlift contacts powerline
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228866/cdc_228866_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 13.29 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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