Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139245.015 - Employee falls into electrical box and is electrocuted and k

Accident Summary Nr: 139245.015 -- Report ID: 0420100 -- Event Date: 09/16/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1553522.015	09/16/2021		238320	Williams Specialty Services, Llc

Abstract: At 8:45 a.m. on September 16, 2021, an employee measured the layout of a precipitator box to cut ridged foam insulation board to match while standing on the box. The top of the box collapsed under the employee, who fell into the box and received a fifty-thousand-volt direct current shock. The employee was electrocuted and killed.

Keywords: Collapse, Contact, Cutting, Electric Shock, Electrical Box, Electrocuted, Insulation

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerplant		Alteration or rehabilitation					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1553522.015	29	M	Fatality		Insulation Workers

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