Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123942.015 - Employee doing electrical work is shocked, then falls, incur

Accident Summary Nr: 123942.015 -- Report ID: 0215800 -- Event Date: 01/23/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1462577.015	01/27/2020		238210	Matco Electric Corporation

Abstract: At 5:15 p.m. on January 23, 2020, Employee #1, employed by an electrical contractor, was engaged in electrical work at a one-story school. He was wiring a lighting fixture into a junction box. Lockout had not been performed, and the circuit had not been tested. The employee made contact with live current. The employee sustained electric shock and burns, and then fell from a height. He was hospitalized for treatment of his injuries.

Keywords: Construction, Contact, Electric Shock, Electric current, Electrical Burn, Energized, Fall, Fall Protection, Inspection, Lighting Circuit, Lighting Fixture, Lockout, Rehabilitation, Unprotected

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation			1	8

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1462577.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause:

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