Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201121001 - electric shock - contact with energized conductor

Accident Summary Nr: 201121001 -- Report ID: 0950613 -- Event Date: 09/28/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125519355	10/02/1998	1731	0	Schwartz & Lindheim, Inc.

Abstract: An electrician was installing some additional lighting fixtures in a hallway near a stairway on the second floor of a building. The circuit breakers for that floor were located in a panelboard in an electrical room about 2.1 meters away. The employee forgot that he had reenergized the circuit on which he was working. He received an electric shock when he began stripping conductors on the 277-volt circuit.

Keywords: LIGHTING CIRCUIT, E GI IV, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRICIAN, ELECTRICAL WORK, LOCKOUT, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR, ELECTRIC SHOCK, HAND TOOL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$250,000 to $500,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125519355			Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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