Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171011034 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - POSSIBLE GROUND FAULT IN ELECTRIC CORD

Accident Summary Nr: 171011034 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 08/15/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119890564	08/17/2000	1799	0	Saunders Construction Inc

Abstract: A 24-year-old employee was electrocuted when he plugged a 120-volt light into an extension cord set.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, CORD SET, E GI VII, ELECTROCUTED, ATTACHMENT PLUG, GROUND FAULT, CORD CONNECTOR, ELECTRIC CORD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1	20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119890564			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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