Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200200657 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED CONDUCTOR

Accident Summary Nr: 200200657 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 09/21/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300180676	09/22/1998	1731	0	Lawson Electric, Inc.

Abstract: An employee was installing a new ballast in a lighting fixture in a restroom. He was working from an insulated ladder inside one of the metal stalls. He had not deenergized the lighting circuit, nor was he using rubber insulating gloves or insulated tools. The employee contacted an energized conductor and was electrocuted.

Keywords: BALLAST--LIGHTING, ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, E GI IV, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRICIAN, ELECTROCUTED, LIGHTING FIXTURE, ELECTRICAL WORK, LOCKOUT, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR

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	300180676			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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