Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200923308 - Employee electrocuted while installing drywall

Accident Summary Nr: 200923308 -- Report ID: 0355114 -- Event Date: 11/17/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309532430	11/18/2005	1742	238310	Carlos Hernandez

Abstract: On November 17, 2011, Employee #1, a subcontractor of KVB, Inc., and the owner of his own company, had been hired to demolish office walls and install new drywall. He removed some drywall from around an on/off light switch and then taped the end of the electrical wires leading to the switch. He was holding the other conductor in his hand when he touched a metal drywall stud and received a shock from the 277-volt line. Employee #1 was transported to Reston Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Keywords: LIGHTING CIRCUIT, INSTALLING, DEMOLITION, ELECTRICAL, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Demolition		Under $50,000	4	40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309532430			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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