Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200260438 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS

Accident Summary Nr: 200260438 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 07/08/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302075528	07/09/1998	1731	0	Carrington Electric Company, Inc.

Abstract: An employee was working from a 1.8-meter fiberglass ladder, making final connections for some 0.6-meter by 1.2-meter overhead fluorescent lighting fixtures that were located at ceiling level about 2.8 meters from the concrete floor. The lighting circuit apparently became energized, and the employee was electrocuted. (He also fell from the ladder.) The employee was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Keywords: LIGHTING CIRCUIT, E GI IV, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRICIAN, ELECTROCUTED, LADDER, LIGHTING FIXTURE, ELECTRICAL WORK, LOCKOUT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	12	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302075528			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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