Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 1003094 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - PROBABLE GROUND FAULT IN ELECTRIC DRILL

Accident Summary Nr: 1003094 -- Report ID: 0253640 -- Event Date: 11/19/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124545328	11/21/1996	9199	0	Department Of Elections

Abstract: An employee of a county board of elections was using an electric drill to lower an election machine at his workstation. When he picked up the drill and turned it on, he saw a white flash and was knocked unconscious. He woke up on the floor later, and he was taken to a hospital. The exact cause of the accident was not determined; however, it is believed that the employee received an electric shock from a ground fault in the drill.

Keywords: UNCONSCIOUSNESS, ELECTRICAL, E GI VII, GROUND FAULT, EQUIPMENT GROUNDING, ELECTRIC SHOCK, ELECTRIC DRILL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124545328			Hospitalized injury	Other	File clerks

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