Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200812154 - Employee Is Killed by Electrocution

Accident Summary Nr: 200812154 -- Report ID: 0627400 -- Event Date: 07/12/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310017322	07/13/2006	1311	211111	J.W. Resources Inc.

Abstract: On July 12, 2006, Employee #1, a supervisor, was checking an electrical switch box at an oil well site. The switch box had been damaged by lightning the night before, which burned the insulation from the wiring inside the box, leaving the conductors in contact with the switch box. When Employee #1 touched the box, he was electrocuted and was killed.

Keywords: ELEC INSULATION, ELECTROCUTED, LIGHTNING, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR, STRUCK BY, ELECTRICAL BOX

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310017322			Fatality	Electric Shock	Supervisors, production occupations

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