Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 153641.015 - Employee is killed by electrocution

Accident Summary Nr: 153641.015 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 01/27/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1649448.015	02/08/2023		811310	Zimm'S Industrial Repair, Inc.

Abstract: At 4:45 a.m. on January 27, 2023, an employee, the owner of the company, was removing a buss bar on a 575-volt electrical pillar cabinet as part of a demolition project. He received a verbal clearance that the cabinet had been shut off and de-energized. As he was descending a portable ladder to open the cabinet's side panel, he contacted a live wire and suffered an arc flash electrocution. He was killed.

Keywords: Contact, Demolition, Electric Arc Flash, Electrical Wire, Electrocuted, Energized, Lockout/Tagout

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Demolition			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1649448.015	65	M	Fatality		Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:

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