Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14269401 - Employee suffers electric shock from arc welding cable

Accident Summary Nr: 14269401 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 03/10/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107320012	03/10/2004	1742	238310	Manganaro Northeast

Abstract: On March 10, 2004, Employee #1 was performing his regular duties on a work site when he stepped on some corrugated metal decking and suffered an electric shock. He sustained injuries that required hospitalization. Subsequent investigation revealed the source of the current to be an arc welding cable that was not fully insulated and that was laying on the courogated metal decking within a water-filled trough.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, ELECTRIC CABLE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRIC SHOCK, WORK SURFACE, WATER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	9	100

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	107320012			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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