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Accident Summary Nr: 145807.015 - Employee installing lighting is electrocuted, falls, and is

Accident Summary Nr: 145807.015 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 04/26/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1592406.015	04/27/2022		238210	Cns Electric Llc

Abstract: At 9:19 p.m. on April 26, 2022, an employee who worked as an Electrician was in the process of installing new electrical wiring connections from a ceiling grid to LED lighting in a suite within an office building. The employee was standing on a metal ladder while replacing the ceiling light fixtures when he contacted a live 277 volt wire that had not been deenergized. The employee was killed after being electrocuted and incurring blunt force trauma to his head from falling off the ladder.

Keywords: Bladder, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Ceiling, Commercial Building, Construction, Electric Shock, Electrical Wire, Electrical Work, Electrician, Electrocuted, Energized, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Hand, Head, Installing, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Lighting Fixture, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Metal Ladder, Shock

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation			12		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1592406.015	42	M	Fatality		Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause:

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