Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200831188 - Electric Shock - Direct Contact with Energized Parts

Accident Summary Nr: 200831188 -- Report ID: 0215600 -- Event Date: 02/07/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307610816	02/07/2008	1731	238210	Ckr Construction Corp.

Abstract: A contractor was working in a substation for an electric utility. A laborer and alternate foreman working for the contractor was connecting a new grounding system to an existing grounding system. As he was disconnecting an existing grounding cable to get slack for the connection, he was electrocuted. (The original form did not indicate whether the employee contacted energized parts of a circuit or the grounding cable was energized by ground fault current.)

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, GROUND FAULT, SUBSTATION, ELEC UTILITY WORK, UNTRAINED, GROUNDING ELECTRODE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerplant		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307610816			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Electrocution from equipment installation/tool use

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