Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200001428 - Employee electrocuted changing receptacles on power cord

Accident Summary Nr: 200001428 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 03/20/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304308695	03/21/2002	1799	0	Doores-Nuefeld Company, Inc.

Abstract: On March 20, 2002, Employee #1 was working with a 480-volt temporary power cord that ran from an electrical power box. He was apparently disconnecting a four-prong receptacle so he could change it to a three-prong receptacle. Employee #1 did not turn off the electrical breaker or lockout the power before starting to work, and he was electrocuted.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL WORK, LOCKOUT, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRIC CORD, ELECTRICAL BOX

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304308695			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior painting and decorating Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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