Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14397954 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS

Accident Summary Nr: 14397954 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 01/24/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
122265812	01/25/1996	1799	0	Landscape Construction, Inc.

Abstract: An employee was using a Case backhoe to locate a 102-millimeter-diameter (4-inch-diameter) water pipe. While he was digging, he uncovered a PVC electrical conduit. He turned off the backhoe and walked into a fenced-in area where a 15-kilovolt transformer had been disconnected and removed 6 years earlier. The employee opened the back door of a switch cabinet, placed his right hand on the metal cabinet, and reached inside with his left hand. He contacted a conductor that had once fed the transformer and was electrocuted. This conductor was energized.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, UNGUARDED LIVE PARTS, E C, SUBSTATION, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR, ELECTRICAL CABINET, UNTRAINED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	122265812			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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