Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200966752 - Electric Shock & Fall - Contact with Energized Conductor

Accident Summary Nr: 200966752 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 07/11/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303649206	07/12/2000	1731	0	Crouse Electric & Company

Abstract: Some electricians were removing the center row of 0.6-meter by 1.2-meter lighting fixtures in an area being renovated as a new cafeteria. They were moving the fixtures so that a steel beam could be installed across the ceiling joist for the support of the floor above the cafeteria. Four 277-volt lighting fixtures were connected to each of two junction boxes. One of the electricians started disconnecting the fixtures from one junction box, and another started on the other box. The second electrician received an electric shock. A third electrician asked the first one to deenergize the lighting fixtures. The first electrician opened the circuit breakers, and the lights went out. Standing on a 1.8-meter-tall stepladder, the third electrician then began removing a fixture and received an electric shock that caused him to fall from ladder. The injured employee was hospitalized with small burns to his right hand and bruises to his lower body.

Keywords: E GI IV, ELECTRICAL, STEPLADDER, ELECTRICIAN, LADDER, ELECTRICAL WORK, LOCKOUT, ELECTRIC SHOCK, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	2	6

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303649206			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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