Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201152535 - Electric Shock - Ground Fault in Cord Set

Accident Summary Nr: 201152535 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 05/27/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
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.

Keywords: BURN, HEAD, E GI III, ELECTRICAL, STEPLADDER, CORD SET, GROUND FAULT, METAL LADDER, ELECTRIC SHOCK, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
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

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