Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 165542.015 - Employee dies from electrocution while back feeding VFD

Accident Summary Nr: 165542.015 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 04/04/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1739491.015	04/04/2024		238210	Innomotics, Llc.

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on April 2, 2024, an employee working as a field service technician for an electrical contractor was working at a city water plant. The employee was back feeding a variable frequency drive (VFD) using 480 volts to reform cell capacitors. The work environment had branch circuit cables laid on the floor and across passageways, conductors installed without strain relief and run through open cabinet doors that not protected from abrasion and splices in cables running 480 volts. The employee contacted an energized 480-volt, 30-amp, 3-phase power source to the electrical equipment while back feeding the VFD. At 10:00 a.m., the employee was pronounced dead on site by the county coroner.

Keywords: Cable, Capacitor, Construction, Contact, Current, Electric Shock, Electric current, Electrical Wire, Electrical Work, Electrician, Electrocuted, Electronic Technicn, Energized, Head, Maintenance, Shock, Walking Surface, Water Treatment Plant, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerplant		Maintenance or repair			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1739491.015	63	M	Fatality		Electrical and electronic technicians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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