Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201282340 - Employee electrocuted while cutting electrical lines

Accident Summary Nr: 201282340 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 07/18/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309619203	07/20/2006	1795	238910	B & B Express

Abstract: On July 18, 2006, Employee #1, a company foreman, was cutting into electrical conduit and unsheathed electrical wiring as part of demolition work at a facility in Macon, GA. He was cutting the electrical lines when he struck an energized 277-volt line connected to the lighting in the room. Employee #1 was electrocuted.

Keywords: LIGHTING CIRCUIT, DEMOLITION, ELECTRICAL, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Demolition		Under $50,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309619203			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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