Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201039666 - Employee shocked while working on wiring in switchgear box

Accident Summary Nr: 201039666 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 11/07/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309907244	11/09/2007	1731	238210	Dci Electric Inc

Abstract: At approximately 2:35 p.m. on November 7, 2007, Employee #1, of the Technical Resource Center in Santa Ana, CA, was contracted to DCI Electric, Inc., and was working at the Warren E&P petroleum reclamation site in Wilmington, CA. At the time of the accident, he was working on the backside of a 277/480-volt ASE-Sierra Micro Turbine switchgear box that controlled the vertical north/south pumps at the reclamation site. Employee #1 was passing control wires from the front of the box to the back when the wiring accidentally touched an energized part and he became frozen to the buss. A coworker dislodged Employee #1 and called 911. Employee #1 was given CPR at the site and was transported to Kaiser Harbor General Hospital, where he was admitted at 3:03 p.m. for treatment. He recovered and was discharged the next evening at 10:57 p.m.

Keywords: CPR, WORK RULES, ELECTRICIAN, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL WORK, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRIC SHOCK, ELECTRICAL CABINET, SWITCHGEAR

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Refinery		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1	10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309907244			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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