Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170748396 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN ELECTRIC SCREW GUN

Accident Summary Nr: 170748396 -- Report ID: 0316400 -- Event Date: 06/28/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
116235516	07/18/1996	1541	0	Gap Construction

Abstract: An employee was installing screws in a metal-frame building. The employee was holding onto the metal building with his left hand and an electric screw gun with his right hand. When he turned the screw gun on, he was electrocuted. No ground-fault circuit interrupter had been installed on the circuit, nor was an assured equipment grounding conductor program in place.

Keywords: ELECTRIC SCREW GUN, ELECTRICAL, E GI VII, ELECTROCUTED, GROUND FAULT, EQUIPMENT GROUNDING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	116235516			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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