Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200150977 - Employee electrocuted while servicing panel box

Accident Summary Nr: 200150977 -- Report ID: 0214700 -- Event Date: 06/08/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307631416	06/08/2005	1731	238210	Current Communications, Llc

Abstract: On June 8, 2005, Employee #1, of Current Communications, LLC, was working alone in the power room of the Verizon Commack Central Office. He had been assigned to remove six 100-amp circuit breakers and their associated shielded conduits. There were no eyewitnesses to the event, but a telephone company worker found Employee #1 lying on the floor, dead, apparently the victim of an electric shock. The 800-amp electrical panel box remained energized during the removal process. Employee #1 was not wearing personal protective equipment, and no insulating material was wrapped around the energized bus bar. At the time of the accident, he had removed five of the six circuits.

Keywords: ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL WORK, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRICAL BOX

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1	18	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307631416			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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