Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201281342 - Employee electrocuted while replacing a light fixture

Accident Summary Nr: 201281342 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 05/10/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304630635	05/23/2002	1731	0	Phoenix Electric, Inc.

Abstract: On May 10, 2002, Employee #1 was replacing a 277-volt, 2-by-4 ceiling light fixture. He removed the lens cover and then the ballast canopy, which was located on the inside of the fixture. This exposed the ballast and the associated wiring for the feeder whip and lamp ends. Next, Employee #1 removed the whip plate from the back of the light fixture, which was still energized. He used wire strippers held in his right hand to cut the ballast wire at the same time as his left arm was touching the grounded ceiling grid and his left hand was holding the light fixture. The current passed through his body from where the energized spring on the wire strippers was touching his hand to the contact points with his left arm and hand. Employee #1 was electrocuted.

Keywords: LIGHTING CIRCUIT, INSULATED TOOL, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, LIGHTING FIXTURE, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL WORK, LOCKOUT, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ARM

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1	12	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304630635			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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