Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170122444 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN ATTACHMENT PLUG

Accident Summary Nr: 170122444 -- Report ID: 0454714 -- Event Date: 08/12/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120539218	08/12/1994	1799	0	E & C Construction Inc

Abstract: An employee was standing on a 10-foot-tall metal stepladder. He was using a portable electric tool plugged into an extension cord set to fasten screws to the metal framework for a greenhouse. The attachment plug on the tool's power supply cord was loosely connected to the connector on the cord set. The blade for the ungrounded circuit conductor, which was exposed by the gap between the plug and cord connector, contacted the metal ladder. When the employee contacted the greenhouse's metal framework while he was standing on the ladder, he was electrocuted.

Keywords: E GI III, ELECTRICAL, STEPLADDER, CORD SET, ELECTROCUTED, ATTACHMENT PLUG, GROUND FAULT, CORD CONNECTOR, METAL LADDER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120539218			Fatality	Electric Shock	Structural metal workers

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