Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170368641 - Employee Contacts Wiring and Receives Electric Shock

Accident Summary Nr: 170368641 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 04/01/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308663905	04/12/2005	1731	238210	A.E.M. Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 4:00 p.m. on April 1, 2005, Employee #1 and a coworker were installing new brackets to reroute a 4,160-volt line from an overhead line to an underground service feed. Employee #1 removed the lines and equipment on the north end to be relocated. Employee #1 and the coworker then visually inspected the remainder of the line to be removed; however, noticed no issues. Unknown to Employee #1 and the coworker, the line was still energized due to shared connection with a gear box on the south end of the line. As Employee #1 was standing on a ladder in order to remove the remainder of the line, his leg contacted its energized portion. He received an electrical shock. The coworker kicked the ladder out from under Employee #1 to separate him from the wire. Employee #1 was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was hospitalized and treated for numerous electrical burns and underwent surgery to remove one of his leg.

Keywords: BURN, AMPUTATED, ELECTRIC CABLE, ELECTRICIAN, LOCKOUT, ELEC UTILITY WORK, ELECTRIC SHOCK, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308663905			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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