Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14562649 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS

Accident Summary Nr: 14562649 -- Report ID: 0214700 -- Event Date: 08/09/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100557347	08/10/1988	1731	0	Difazio Electric Ny, Inc.

Abstract: AN ELECTRICIAN AND A COWORKER WERE MOVING A 277-VOLT ELECTRIC POWER LINE ON THE SECOND FLOOR IN THE CENTER OF AN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. THE ELECTRICIAN TESTED THE CIRCUIT WITH AN IDEAL VOLTAGE TESTER (CATALOG NO. 61-065) AND FOUND THE CIRCUIT TO BE DEENERGIZED. HOWEVER, IN SPITE OF THE TEST, THE CIRCUIT WAS STILL ENERGIZED. THE ELECTRICIAN WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN HE CONTACTED AN ENERGIZED CONDUCTOR AND A METAL-CLAD CABLE AT THE SAME TIME. EITHER THE ELECTRICIAN OR HIS COWORKER OR BOTH WERE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. (THE REPORT SIMPLY STATED THAT DRUGS WERE INVOLVED.)

Keywords: E GI IV, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRICIAN, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRICAL WORK, LOCKOUT, TEST EQUIPMENT, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100557347			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electricians

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