Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201123494 - Employee injured in fall after electric shock

Accident Summary Nr: 201123494 -- Report ID: 0950613 -- Event Date: 09/04/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300836400	10/24/2001	1731	0	Data Specialties, Inc.

Abstract: On September 4, 2001, Employee #1, an electrician, was assigned to bond to ground a new 480-volt electrical switchgear for an AT&T Broadband facility under construction. After receiving instructions from the foreman, he mounted a ladder and was working a #6 copper wire into the switchgear when the wire shorted some parts in the switchgear. An electrical flash caused him to lose his balance and fall off the ladder. Employee #1 also suffered an electric shock, with the electric current entering his right little finger and exiting at his left wrist. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he was treated for two days. Both he and the foreman assumed the switchgear was not yet energized, and neither had tested it before starting work.

Keywords: WORK RULES, ELECTRICIAN, LADDER, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL WORK, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRIC SHOCK, FALL, SWITCHGEAR

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300836400			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electricians

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