Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200359081 - Electric Shock - Direct Contact with Energized Parts

Accident Summary Nr: 200359081 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 03/10/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314879628	03/11/2011	3577	334119	Cisco Systems, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314879750	03/11/2011	1542	236220	R.N. Rouse Construction, Llc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314879768	03/11/2011	1731	238210	Premiere Communications & Consulting, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314879776	03/11/2011	1731	238210	Starr Electric Company, Incorporated
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314879784	03/23/2011	1731	238210	Power Test, Inc.

Abstract: Two employees were working from a mobile scaffold that was approximately 1.5 meters high. They were aligning cables in a communications cable tray when one of them contacted energized parts. He received an electric shock, fell from the scaffold, and struck his head on the concrete floor. The employee was transported to a local hospital and was transferred to the burn unit of another hospital later the same day. He was hospitalized for 4 days for electrical injury trauma.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, E GI VII, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR, ELECTRIC SHOCK, FALL, SCAFFOLD, TELECOM WORK, CABLE TRAY, ELECTRICAL WORK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	8400

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314879628			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
2	314879750			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause
3	314879768	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
4	314879776			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
5	314879784			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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