Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201160686 - electric shock - contact with conductor thru scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201160686 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 06/22/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126111004	06/29/1998	1799	0	John Jory Corp

Abstract: An apprentice carpenter working for a remodeling contractor was installing a ceiling grid close to the exposed ends of 277-volt conductors. The employee received an electric shock when the metal scaffold he was using contacted the energized conductors. He fell 0.9 meters from the scaffold. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, CARPENTER, UNGUARDED LIVE PARTS, E C, CEILING PANEL, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR, ELECTRIC SHOCK, FALL, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	4	3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126111004			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Carpenter apprentices	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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