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Accident Summary Nr: 201063807 - Electric Shock - Ground Fault in Nonmetallic-Sheathed Cable

Accident Summary Nr: 201063807 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 12/14/2000
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
12601713612/18/200017420Advanced Energy Insulation & Sound Control Inc

Abstract: An insulation firm had been contracted by a local pest control company to remove old insulation from a residence and then install new insulation after a pest control treatment was completed. During the first part of this job, an insulation installer had been in a crawlspace, removing old subflooring insulation. His coworker could not get a response from him near the end of the shift. The coworker followed an extension cord set back to the insulation installer and found him motionless. The coworker summoned emergency medical services, which arrived within 10 minutes. The emergency team found that the injured employee had no pulse. A hole had to be cut in the floor of a room above the body to access and remove it. The coroner found the employee lying on his right side with gloved hands grasping a fastener wire used to hold insulation in place. He had been electrocuted. The coroner determined that the fastening wire had contacted an energized portion of a nonmetallic-sheathed cable. (An orange portable light with an extension cord was hanging on the floor joist. However, a rescue worker had cut the extension cord before the coroner's arrival.)

Keywords: ELEC INSULATION, METAL WIRE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRIC CABLE, E GI VII, ELECTROCUTED, GROUND FAULT
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling Alteration or rehabilitation Under $50,000 1 X

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation Construction
1 126017136 Fatality Electric Shock Insulation Workers Distance of Fall: feet
Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet
Cause: Demolition
Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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