Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200552164 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS

Accident Summary Nr: 200552164 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 03/21/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304475486	03/21/2002	1731	0	Ernest P Breaux Electrical Inc.

Abstract: An employee of one electrical contractor on a jobsite was connecting jumpers at a substation. Another contractor on the site was running a test on a circuit. The test passed current through a transformer that was connected to the bus on which the employee of the first contractor was working. This energized the bus and electrocuted the employee.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTRICAL TESTING, ELECTROCUTED, LOCKOUT, E PTD, SUBSTATION, ELEC UTILITY WORK, TRANSFORMER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304475486			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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