Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118715.015 - Employee installing emergency lights is electrocuted

Accident Summary Nr: 118715.015 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 08/06/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1421295.015	08/07/2019		238210	The Ohms Corporation Of Houston

Abstract: At 1:15 p.m. on August 6, 2019, Employee #1, employed by an electrical services company, was installing overhead emergency lights and ceiling tile inside a school classroom. He came into contact with electrical current flowing through a live wire and was electrocuted.

Keywords: Ceiling, Ceiling Panel, Construction, Electrical, Electrical Work, Electrician, Electrocuted, Installing, Lighting Fixture, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Repair

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation			2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1421295.015	46	M	Fatality		Electricians' apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause:

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