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Accident Summary Nr: 147171.015 - Employee is shocked while installing water dispenser, later

Accident Summary Nr: 147171.015 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 06/17/2022
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1603313.01506/21/2022236220Nortex Gc Inc

Abstract: At 4:30 p.m. on June 17, 2022, an employee was installing a face plate for an electrical switch on the wall in a breakroom. The employee was installing an Insta-Hot on a 277 volt energized circuit using a non-insulted stripper cutter. The employee was shocked and burned both hands as a result. The employer had the employee transported to the hospital, where he later died.

Keywords: Burn, Construction, Electric Shock, Electrical, Electrical Burn, Electrocuted, Energized, Hand, Hand Tool, Installing, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Shock, Water Heater
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Commercial building Other   X

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury
1 1603313.015 32 M Fatality

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