Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14345599 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN PORTABLE LIGHT

Accident Summary Nr: 14345599 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 07/06/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106204902	07/19/1990	1629	0	Christopher Construction Co.

Abstract: A CREW OF EMPLOYEES WAS INSTALLING A 12-FOOT-HIGH, 3-FOOT-WIDE, METAL SLUICE GATE AT A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. THE WORK PROCEEDED THROUGH THE NIGHT BECAUSE THE PLANT HAD BEEN SHUT DOWN. DURING THE INSTALLATION, THE NEW GATE APPARENTLY PINCHED A TROUBLE LIGHT AND BECAME ENERGIZED. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES IN THE CREW, WHO WAS STANDING IN WATER IN THE AREA, WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN HE TOUCHED THE GATE. (THE TROUBLE LIGHT WAS NOT PROTECTED BY A GROUND-FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER.)

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, E GI VII, ELECTROCUTED, GROUND FAULT, EQUIPMENT GROUNDING, ELECTRIC LIGHT--PORT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106204902			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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