Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200231652 - Employee electrocuted by portable light

Accident Summary Nr: 200231652 -- Report ID: 1032500 -- Event Date: 07/12/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308339993	07/13/2005	1742	238310	United Subcontractors, Inc. Dba G & G Insulation

Abstract: On July 12, 2005, Employee #1 was installing spray-on fiberglass insulation in a crawl space between metal web trusses beneath a one-story building. He was using a machine housed in a street-side truck to blow in the insulation. Employee #1 had been working less than an hour when he was discovered with burns on his chest and right arm. He had been electrocuted, and was nonresponsive when emergency assistance reached him. The temperature in the crawl space where Employee #1 had been working was 116 degrees F. He had been using a work light designed for household use, without a protective cage; the light was found broken, lying on his chest. No ground fault circuit interrupter was used in the circuit, and the extension cord's ground pin had been removed.

Keywords: BURN, PROTECTIVE GROUNDING, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRIC LIGHT--PORT, HIGH TEMPERATURE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Other		Under $50,000	1	17	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308339993			Fatality	Electric Shock	Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Electrocution from equipment installation/tool use

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