Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 201152535 - Electric Shock - Ground Fault in Cord Set
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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120124623 | 05/28/1999 | 1742 | 238310 | Robert Shurtliff Dba Shurtliff Drywall Co. |
Abstract: An employee was working from a 2.4-meter-tall portable aluminum stepladder, hanging a 1.3-meter by 1.2-meter piece of drywall at a height of 2.7 meters above the floor. A flexible conduit was hanging from the ceiling next to the ladder. One of the ladder's legs was sitting on an extension cord set, which was connected to the employee's Hilti drywall screw gun. When the employee pulled the extension cord, the leg of the ladder apparently penetrated the insulation on the cord. The employee received an electric shock and fell from the ladder to the concrete floor. He was hospitalized for several days with head injuries and electrical burns on his hands.
End Use | Project Type | Project Cost | Stories | Non-building Height | Fatality | ||
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Commercial building | Alteration or rehabilitation | Under $50,000 | 3 |
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation | Construction |
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1 | 120124623 | Hospitalized injury | Electric Shock | Drywall installers | Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause |