Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200624112 - Employee shocked while wiring electric sign, later dies

Accident Summary Nr: 200624112 -- Report ID: 0454712 -- Event Date: 11/10/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310312640	11/17/2006	1731	238210	J C Moss Electric Inc

Abstract: At 10:45 a.m. on November 10, 2006, Employee #1, an electrician for J.C. Moss Electric, Inc., entered an attic space located inside an awning for a store. He was preparing to wire in a new MC metallic cable to the existing wires of a sign when he touched a flexible metallic conduit and sustained a severe shock. Employee #1 was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he died on November 16, 2006.

Keywords: INSTALLING, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRICIAN, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL WORK, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310312640			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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