Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200270189 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN PORTABLE HANDLAMP

Accident Summary Nr: 200270189 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 03/26/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300215712	03/27/1997	1711	0	Mayol Plumbing & Heating, Inc.

Abstract: An employee was replacing water pipes in an old apartment building. He was using a trouble light as an extension cord set to provide power to a Sawzall. The apartment where the repairs were being made was not wired with an equipment grounding conductor, and the receptacles in the apartment would not accept a grounding prong. Additionally, the equipment grounding prong on the trouble light's power supply cord had been removed. The employee placed the trouble light, which had a metal guard that had apparently been energized by a ground fault, on an aluminum ladder. The employee was electrocuted when he contacted the ladder with his right arm while his right temple was touching a copper water pipe.

Keywords: E GI V, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, GROUND FAULT, EQUIPMENT GROUNDING, ELECTRIC LIGHT--PORT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300215712			Fatality	Electric Shock	Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Electrocution from equipment installation/tool use

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