Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 106169.015 - Employee installing light fixtures is shocked and burned

Accident Summary Nr: 106169.015 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 05/23/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1320262.015	05/23/2018		238210	Bowings & Huber Llc

Abstract: At 11:26 a.m. on May 23, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was installing two by four overhead light fixtures at a multiemployer construction project. He was working from a Werner 8-foot fiberglass stepladder. As he took off a wire nut and placed two energized wires together, he received an electric shock to his left hand. He was able to push himself away from the ladder and break free. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for burns and lacerations to his hand due to the shock.

Keywords: Burn, Construction, Electric Shock, Electrical, Electrical Work, Hand, Installing, Laceration, Lighting Fixture, Stepladder

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation			1	10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1320262.015	39	M	Hospitalized injury		Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause:

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