Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201361540 - Electric Shock - Direct Contact with Energized Parts

Accident Summary Nr: 201361540 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 08/08/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304310741	08/09/2001	1731	0	Indianola Electric Company,Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was running conduit and pulling wire at a motor control center that contained parts energized at 480 volts. He was working from a 1.8-meter stepladder on top of the motor control center, knocking out a hole in the metal housing that surrounded the center. He had drilled the pilot hole and was attaching the mechanism for cutting into the metal housing. He accidently contacted energized parts, and he was electrocuted.

Keywords: E GI IV, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, LOCKOUT, ELECTRICAL CABINET

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304310741			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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