Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201350360 - electric shock - direct contact with energized conductor

Accident Summary Nr: 201350360 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 09/29/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110138575	10/03/1997	1799	0	C & S Signs

Abstract: A sign company was contracted to install a 120-volt sign. An existing sign had been removed previously. Without ensuring that the circuit was deenergized, an employee from the sign company began stripping insulation from the ends of the conductors for the sign. The employee received an electric shock and died of electrocution 1 hour later.

Keywords: E GI IV, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRICAL WORK, LOCKOUT, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR, ADVERTISING SIGN

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	110138575			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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