Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14314421 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN METAL FRAME

Accident Summary Nr: 14314421 -- Report ID: 0317000 -- Event Date: 07/30/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
835199	08/05/1987	1731	0	B.V.F. Construction Company

Abstract: An employee was using an extension cord that had no equipment grounding conductor. The conductors in the extension cord were exposed at several places on the cord. One of the exposed conductors was touching the metal portion of a scaffold. The metal portion of the scaffold was touching a metal stud frame, energizing it. When a second employee, an apprentice carpenter, drove a stud into the frame, he was electrocuted.

Keywords: E GI V, ELEC INSULATION, ELECTRICAL, CORD SET, ELECTROCUTED, GROUND FAULT, EQUIPMENT GROUNDING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	835199			Fatality	Electric Shock	Carpenter apprentices

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