Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200783249 - Employee electrocuted during work on electrical cabinet

Accident Summary Nr: 200783249 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 07/24/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307485839	07/26/2004	1521	236115	Llano Utility Service

Abstract: On July 24, 2004, Employee #1 attached a new elbow to the end of a new high-voltage leg of a three-phase conductor. He was plugging it into a receptacle in the cabinet when he was electrocuted. The receptacle was supposed to be de-energized, while all the other conductors in the cabinet were live. Employee #1 did not use the available "hot" stick to plug the elbow into the receptacle as a precaution in case it was energized.

Keywords: ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL WORK, LIVE-LINE TOOL, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRICAL CABINET

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	2	3	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307485839			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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