Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200260610 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN CONDUIT

Accident Summary Nr: 200260610 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 04/01/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302379912	04/02/1999	1541	0	Rust Constructors, Inc.

Abstract: An apprentice electrician was assisting a journeyman electrician in removing some 480-volt equipment from a building under renovation. The apprentice was removing a conduit on which other electricians had worked previously. The conduit enclosed an ungrounded circuit conductor that apparently had a break in its insulation at a connection to a junction box. While the apprentice was handling the conduit, the bare part of the conductor contacted the conduit. He was electrocuted.

Keywords: ELEC INSULATION, ELECTRICAL, CONDUIT, E GI VII, ELECTRICIAN, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRICAL WORK, GROUND FAULT, EQUIPMENT GROUNDING, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	4	200	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302379912			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electricians' apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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