Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200902633 - Employee Is Electrocuted While Working on Live Junction Box

Accident Summary Nr: 200902633 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 08/25/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314095738	08/26/2011	1731	238210	Inglett & Stubbs, Llc

Abstract: On August 25, 2011, Employee #1 and Coworker #1 were installing lighting in a building. The job involved connecting wires from some ceiling light fixtures to junction boxes located in the ceiling. The junction boxes were color-coded according to purpose. Normal power lighting boxes were blue with a yellow stripe, and critical power lighting boxes were orange with a yellow stripe. Coworker #1 told Employee #1 that they were going to start working on the blue boxes first. Coworker #1 then left the area to deenergize the blue boxes. Employee #1 then climbed a 10 foot fiberglass/aluminum step ladder and began working in an orange junction box, which was still energized. Employee #1 was electrocuted which caused him to fall off of the ladder.

Keywords: ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRICAL WORK, LOCKOUT, LIGHTING, ELECTRICAL BOX

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	5	60	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314095738			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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