Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14410955 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS

Accident Summary Nr: 14410955 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 10/13/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123569980	10/14/1997	1731	0	M & I Electric, Inc.

Abstract: An electrical worker was performing maintenance in a substation. He opened an insulating shutter covering energized parts of a circuit breaker and contacted a live part. The employee was electrocuted. He had been informed that circuit breaker cubicle was energized and was not supposed to work in that cubicle.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, LOCKOUT, E PTD, SUBSTATION, CIRCUIT BREAKER, ELEC UTILITY WORK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerplant		Maintenance or repair		$20,000,000 and over	1	1	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	123569980			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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