Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201088978 - Employee electrocuted servicing steamer oven

Accident Summary Nr: 201088978 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 05/25/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310820147	05/25/2007	1711	238220	Airtech Services

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on May 15, 2007, Employee #1, of Airtech Services, was servicing a 480 volt Groen steamer oven in the kitchen of the Mendota Unified School District's high school campus. He was stretched out on two smaller appliances next to the oven, and was reaching behind it with his right arm to reconnect the water supply when his head contacted the exposed electrical terminals on the oven. Employee #1 was electrocuted. The Fresno County Coroner's Office and Sheriff's Department responded to a call by the School District's office.

Keywords: HEAD, ELECTRICAL, OVEN, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, BLIND REACHING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1	1	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310820147			Fatality	Electric Shock	Supervisors; electricians & power transm. install.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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