Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 127779.015 - Employee lacerates arm in fall from ladder after shocked

Accident Summary Nr: 127779.015 -- Report ID: 0316700 -- Event Date: 07/10/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1483519.015	07/15/2020		238210	Midstate Mechanical & Electrical Llc

Abstract: At 2:45 p.m. on July 10, 2020, an employee working as an electrician for a mechanical and electrical contractor was working in a junction box. The employee had locked out the 120-Volt to LLS3 but did not realize that LA3 was energized, and he did not test the line. The employee was shorting the wires in the box located in the 13-foot-high ceiling in order to close the box. When he cut the line, he received a shock which scared the employee causing him to fall into a circulator pump below. The employee was hospitalized to treat lacerations to his arms.

Keywords: Arm, Conductor, Cutting, Electric Conductor, Electric Shock, Electrical Box, Electrical Testing, Electrical Wire, Electrical Work, Electrician, Energized, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Laceration, Ladder, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Pump, Shock, Testing

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	6

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1483519.015	33	M	Hospitalized injury		Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause:

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