Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200100261 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED CONDUCTOR THRU TOOL

Accident Summary Nr: 200100261 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 06/16/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301916995	06/18/1998	1799	0	Globe Electric Co. Inc.

Abstract: An electrician was installing a vapor lighting fixture in the ceiling of a wire manufacturing plant. He was working from an aerial lift, which was resting against a steel beam. He was electrocuted when he cut energized 277-volt conductors with his wire cutters.

Keywords: E GI IV, ELECTRICAL, INSULATED TOOL, ELECTRICIAN, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRICAL WORK, LOCKOUT, HAND TOOL, AERIAL LIFT

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301916995			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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