Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200030351 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN ELECTRICAL CABINET

Accident Summary Nr: 200030351 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 09/22/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
122152648	09/23/1997	3545	0	Scully Jones Corp

Abstract: A maintenance supervisor was removing a lighting fixture and its wiring from a utility pole. The fixture's control cabinet had a burned and severed equipment grounding conductor, and a ground fault had energized the cabinet. The employee, who was working from an aluminum ladder, was electrocuted when he touched the cabinet.

Keywords: E GI IV, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRICIAN, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRICAL WORK, LOCKOUT, GROUND FAULT, EQUIPMENT GROUNDING, ELECTRICAL CABINET

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	122152648			Fatality	Electric Shock	Supervisors, mechanics and repairers

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