Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200600435 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN ELECTRIC CABLE

Accident Summary Nr: 200600435 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 08/10/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300438751	08/11/1998	1731	0	Big State Electric Co.

Abstract: One member of a two-person crew that was remodeling the inside of a home was installing a telephone line in the attic of the home. As the employee crawled into the attic space to fish the telephone cable, he touched a metal joist bracket. An abraded nonmetallic-sheathed cable had energized the bracket, and the employee was electrocuted.

Keywords: ELEC INSULATION, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRIC CABLE, ELECTROCUTED, E C, GROUND FAULT, EQUIPMENT GROUNDING, METAL STRIP

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Other		Under $50,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300438751			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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