Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 156431.015 - Employee is killed by electrocution

Accident Summary Nr: 156431.015 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 05/15/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1670976.015	05/16/2023		238210	Libra Electric Company

Abstract: At 3:15 p.m. on May 15, 2023, an employee was servicing a taxiway light. The employee cleared the contacts of a tester and preceded to perform the isolation work. The employee did not perform a second test to determine if the 5kV wire was live. The employee started to remove the electrical tape at the end of the electrical connection to the taxiway light that was connected to a series circuit. As the employee began to disconnect the connectors, the employee contacted the live male end of the series circuit and was electrocuted. The employee was killed.

Keywords: Electrical, Electrical Testing, Electrical Wire, Electrical Work, Electrocuted, Lighting, Lighting Circuit, Testing, Unguarded Live Parts

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Maintenance or repair				0	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1670976.015	37	M	Fatality		Electricians' apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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