Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200992964 - Employee Is Electrocuted When Pad Mounting Transformer

Accident Summary Nr: 200992964 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 06/01/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306157520	06/03/2003	4939	221122	Lawrenceburg Municipal Utilities

Abstract: On June 1, 2003, an employee went to a pad mounted transformer to install metering transformers. He unlocked and unbolted the metal door of the metal transformer cabinet to open the 277/480 volt secondary side. The employee was setting two metering transformer on the floor, inside the cabinet, he contacted the live 480 volt x/1 secondary bushing on the right and the x/3 on the right that had 9in. between them. When found, the employee was kneeling with his head between the x/1 and x/3 with his chin on the x/2 bushing. The employee was killed.

Keywords: ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRICAL WORK, ELECTRIC SHOCK, TRANSFORMER, WORK SURFACE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	306157520			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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