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Accident Summary Nr: 129290.015 - Employee receives electrical shock and dies while terminatin

Accident Summary Nr: 129290.015 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 09/04/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1491715.015	09/08/2020		238210	Elliott Electric, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:15 p.m. on September 4, 2020, an employee was working in a 480/277 volt distribution switchgear cabinet that was energized and partially trimmed out with electrical circuits. As some point, while terminating a ground wire for a 60-amp automatic transfer switch, the employee made contact with an energized buss bar and received an electrical shock. The employee was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, where the employee was pronounced dead with the cause determined to be electrocution.

Keywords: Electric Shock, Electric Switch, Electric current, Electrical, Electrical Cabinet, Electrician, Electrocuted

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1491715.015	51	M	Fatality		Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause:

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