Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14494090 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED CONDUCTOR

Accident Summary Nr: 14494090 -- Report ID: 0627400 -- Event Date: 09/24/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100945641	09/29/1987	1721	0	L & A Corporation

Abstract: An electrician's helper was tracing No. 12 AWG, 120-volt conductors in the attic of a home that was being remodeled. The helper, who had been in his job for 3 years but had had no training, was tracing existing conductors to a porch lighting fixture that was not working. The journeyman electrician on the site found the conductors, but testing them was left with the helper. As he was using a voltage tester to test the energized conductors, the helper contacted a conductor and was electrocuted.

Keywords: E GI IV, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRICAL TESTING, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRICAL WORK, LOCKOUT, UNTRAINED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100945641			Fatality	Electric Shock	Helpers, construction trades

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