Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123273641 - Electric Shock - Direct Contact with Energized Parts

Accident Summary Nr: 123273641 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 04/23/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123273641	04/24/2001	1623	0	D.C.Dunnaway Utility Service & Maint.Inc.

Abstract: A painter was working from a 3-meter-tall ladder, removing tape from transformers that had been painted. The transformers were energized at the time. The lightning arrester on the first transformer was higher than the one on the second. The painter had removed the tape from the first transformer and moved to the second one. He contacted the top of the lightning arrester on the second transformer and was electrocuted.

Keywords: LIGHTNING ARRESTER, E GI IV, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, LOCKOUT, TRANSFORMER, UNTRAINED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerplant		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1	15	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	123273641			Fatality	Electric Shock	Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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