Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14372908 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS

Accident Summary Nr: 14372908 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 07/30/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
122467632	07/31/1997	1711	0	Evergreen Irrigation Inc.

Abstract: An installer for an irrigation firm was tracing an underground power line leading from one parking lot light pole to another in preparation for installing an automatic sprinkler system at an occupational medicine clinic. He removed the coils from the base of one light pole and started to read a paper tag wrapped around a conductor. The tag described which pole was next in the series. As he touched the tag, he received an electric shock, which arrested his breathing and his heart. The job supervisor was able to knock the employee from the pole. Nurses at the site were able to resuscitate the employee, and he was hospitalized for his injury. He had been performing his work for about 3 years. He was not wearing any personal protective equipment.

Keywords: ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRICAL WORK, LOCKOUT, STREETLIGHTING, E C, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR, ELECTRIC SHOCK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	122467632			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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