Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170205967 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED CONDUCTOR

Accident Summary Nr: 170205967 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 04/15/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125493106	05/08/2000	1731	0	Decker Electric

Abstract: An apprentice electrician had been working for his employer for 7 months. He was assigned by his supervisor to work on a 277-volt ceiling lighting fixture. He checked the voltage and his testing indicated that the circuit was deenergized. However, as he was pulling out the conductors, he got an electric shock. He asked a supervisor if the circuit had been deenergized, and the supervisor responded that it had been. When he checked the conductors with his voltmeter, he got a no-voltage reading. He pulled out the conductors and, when he cut through them, received another electric shock and a burn on a finger on his right hand. He was hospitalized for his injuries. Employees of another contractor were working at the panelboard supplying the lighting circuit. (Two days earlier, the injured employee had been trimming conductors for a transformer when he received an electric shock. This electric shock had been caused by backfeed on the neutral from another circuit.)

Keywords: BURN, LIGHTING CIRCUIT, E GI IV, ELECTRICAL, FINGER, ELECTRICIAN, ELECTRICAL WORK, LOCKOUT, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR, ELECTRIC SHOCK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Other		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125493106			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Electricians' apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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