Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 126230.015 - Employee is electrocuted by 770 volt circuit and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 126230.015 -- Report ID: 0215800 -- Event Date: 05/15/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1475429.015	05/15/2020		238210	Ridley Electric Co. Inc.

Abstract: At 8:50 a.m. on May 15, 2020, an employee was pulling wire into an electrical cabinet. A live 770 volt circuit was not controlled when the employee either made contact with the circuit with his hand or an electric arc completed the circuit at the employees watch. The employee received electrocution and head trauma injuries and was killed.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Contact, Electric Arc, Electrical Cabinet, Electrical Work, Electrocuted, Head

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation			1	3	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1475429.015	52	M	Fatality		Electrical and electronic engineers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause:

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