Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14319503 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS THRU PLYWOOD

Accident Summary Nr: 14319503 -- Report ID: 0316700 -- Event Date: 10/12/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100383850	10/15/1987	1771	0	Structural Maintenance Systems, Incorporated

Abstract: An employee was building a catch platform in a substation for an electric power generation plant. As he was carrying a piece of plywood, it contacted an insulator for a 33-kilovolt air-break switch. The employee was electrocuted.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, ELECTRIC SWITCH, ELECTROCUTED, LOCKOUT, WOOD PANEL, SUBSTATION, ELEC UTILITY WORK, UNTRAINED, E GI IC

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100383850			Fatality	Electric Shock	Concrete and terrazzo finishers

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