Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14354534 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PART

Accident Summary Nr: 14354534 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 09/19/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18279828	09/20/1988	1731	0	Aneco Electrical Contractors

Abstract: AN APPRENTICE ELECTRICIAN WITH ABOUT 6-MONTH'S EXPERIENCE ON THE JOB WAS REMOVING AN OVERHEAD FLUORESCENT LIGHTING FIXTURE AND MOVING IT TO ANOTHER LOCATION. THE 277-VOLT CIRCUIT WAS STILL ENERGIZED AT THE TIME. TO REMOVE THE FIXTURE, THE EMPLOYEE DISCONNECTED THE TWO ADJACENT LIGHTING FIXTURES. AFTER THIS WAS DONE, ONE SIDE OF THE ROOM WAS DEENERGIZED, BUT THE SIDE WHERE THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WAS STILL ENERGIZED. WHILE HE WAS LEANING AGAINST THE GRID OF THE HUNG CEILING, HE CONTACTED AN ENERGIZED CONDUCTOR FROM THE LIGHTING FIXTURE AND WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: LIGHTING CIRCUIT, E GI IV, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRICIAN, ELECTROCUTED, LIGHTING FIXTURE, ELECTRICAL WORK, LOCKOUT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18279828			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electricians' apprentices

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