Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 19375.015 - Employee contacts energized parts and is electrocuted

Accident Summary Nr: 19375.015 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 03/28/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
283823.015	03/28/2012		238290	Schindler Elevator Corporation

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on March 28, 2012, an employee trouble shooting and performing maintenance on the elevator controller. The employee was working at the bottom of the controller where the transformer was located and may have been reaching over and below the transformer when his arm and body made contact with a 208 volt transformer wire. The employee was electrocuted.

Keywords: Electrical, Elevator Shaft, Transformer

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	283823.015	44	M	Fatality		Electronic repairers, communica. & indus. equip.

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