Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201351954 - Employee electrocuted in contact with energized wire

Accident Summary Nr: 201351954 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 07/12/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303989511	07/15/2002	1731	0	Barnes Electric Company, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303989529	07/16/2002	3442	332321	Warren Hollow Metal Doors & Frames, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303989677	07/16/2002	1541	0	Sun Building Systems, Inc.

Abstract: On July 12, 2002, Employee #1, an electrician's apprentice, was helping a journeyman electrictian install the wiring for a water heater. The wiring went from an exterior panel box on the ground floor to a junction box located inside the building on the mezzanine level. The electrician connected the wire to the circuit in the panel box, and the wire was then run to the mezzanine. When the job was completed, Employee #1 began to roll up the excess wire to place it in the junction box. The 220-volt wire was energized; he was electrocuted when he handled the bare ends of the wire.

Keywords: ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR, ELECTROCUTED, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, WORK RULES, ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL WORK

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	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303989511	Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source
2	303989529			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
3	303989677			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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