Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14367015 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED CONDUCTOR

Accident Summary Nr: 14367015 -- Report ID: 0523400 -- Event Date: 08/04/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
122043565	08/04/1995	1731	0	Steiner Electric Inc.

Abstract: Two apprentice electricians were replacing hall lighting fixtures in a high school. Some of the lights were to be connected to the emergency lighting system. One employee was working from an 8-foot wooden stepladder, connecting conductors from one fixture to a junction box above a suspended ceiling. The circuit was energized because of work being performed in the building, but the employees were not using electrical protective equipment. The apprentice contacted a 277-volt branch circuit conductor as he was connecting the conductor to the fixture and was electrocuted.

Keywords: ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, LIGHTING CIRCUIT, E GI IV, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRICIAN, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRICAL WORK, LOCKOUT, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	2	16	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	122043565			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electricians' apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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