Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200773745 - Employee injured by electric shock from junction box

Accident Summary Nr: 200773745 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 08/30/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306103037	09/02/2004	1731	238210	Wayne J. Griffin Electric, Inc.

Abstract: On August 30, 2004, Employee #1, an electrical foreman, was working on a junction box when he received an electric shock. He sustained severe burns on his left hand, for which he was hospitalized. The conductors in the vicinity where he was working were energized.

Keywords: BURN, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL WORK, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR, ELECTRIC SHOCK, ELECTRICAL BOX, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	4	50

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306103037			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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