Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200780948 - electric shock - direct contact with energized conductor

Accident Summary Nr: 200780948 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 06/08/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
122186190	06/08/1999	1541	0	Krause Design Group, Inc.

Abstract: An electrician's helper was working on top of an industrial food storage freezer, tracing a heat trace line that was connected to the freezer condensers. He apparently contacted an energized conductor and was electrocuted.

Keywords: E GI IV, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRICIAN, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRICAL WORK, LOCKOUT, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$250,000 to $500,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	122186190			Fatality	Electric Shock	Helpers, construction trades	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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