Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201116274 - Employee electrocuted by high voltage wire

Accident Summary Nr: 201116274 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 07/01/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126034552	07/01/2003	1629	237130	Alstom Power Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 2:15 p.m. on July 1, 2003, Employee #1, of Alstom Power, Inc., and a coworker/electrician with D & Z NPS, Inc., were standing on top of the cubicle for the "A" phase circuit breaker that powered generator #4. The coworker had previously taken off the cover of the circuit breaker. Employee #1 was showing the wiring of the current transformers to the coworker, but only 2 of the 3 wires were visible. Employee #1 stated that he would go into the cubicle to find the third wire. The coworker, who had previously taken off the cover of the circuit breaker, told Employee #1 that they did not have a confined space permit, but he refused to stop. Employee #1 entered the cubicle and touched a wire carrying approximately 21,000 volts. He was immediately electrocuted.

Keywords: WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL WORK, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRICAL CABINET

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerplant		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over		40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126034552			Fatality	Electric Shock	Mechanical engineers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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