Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 161495.015 - Employee is fatally electrocuted during data center demoliti

Accident Summary Nr: 161495.015 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 11/07/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1709004.015	11/07/2023		517919	Wave Communications, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:15 a.m. on November 7, 2023, an employee was standing on a 6-foot stepladder, preparing a telecommunications relay assembly for demolition, by cutting a bundle of network cables leading into the relay. The employee was electrocuted while preparing the telecommunications relay for demolition. The employee's heart rhythm could not be reestablished after electrocution. A 207V/15A lighting circuit was not deenergized and contact with live and exposed parts of this circuit caused the fatal injury.

Keywords: Cable, Cutting, Demolition, E GI IV (no lockout), E TC (telecom work), Electrocuted, Lighting Circuit, Lockout/Tagout, Stepladder, Telecom Work

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Demolition				5	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1709004.015	44	M	Fatality		Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:

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