Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200784353 - Employee electrocuted installing electric meter base

Accident Summary Nr: 200784353 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 10/17/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309545788	10/18/2007	1731	238210	B C Electric

Abstract: At approximately 3:00 p.m. on October 17, 2007, Employee #1, the owner of B.C. Electric, was installing a 600-amp electric meter base for a restaurant in a newly-constructed shopping center in Tyler, TX. Two months before, B.C. Electric had completed the original electrical installation for the shopping center, and it was now returning for this installation. While Employee #1 was feeding the electrical wire cable from the meter base into the secondary enclosure (or tap can), he suffered several shocks but he continued trying to feed the electrical cable. After the fourth shock, he walked back to his truck, shaking his hand and telling his helper that he had been hit again. Upon reaching his truck, Employee #1 collapsed. Attempts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful, and he died from being electrocuted. The secondary enclosure, which contained four lugs, each rated at 120 vvolts, was not de-energized prior to starting the job.

Keywords: INSTALLING, WIRE ROPE, WORK RULES, ELECTRICIAN, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, LOCKOUT, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309545788			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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