Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201361839 - Employee electrocuted while installing HVAC duct work

Accident Summary Nr: 201361839 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 09/23/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304315518	09/25/2002	1711	0	Central Heating And Air Conditioning Of Grenada

Abstract: On September 23, 2002, Employee #1 and a coworker were installing two HVAC systems in the attic of a house that had been constructed in 1904. The electrical system of the house consisted of knob and tube and wiring dating from the 1950s, with a large number of uninsulated connections. Employee #1 was installing aluminized insulation around the duct work and system plenums when a section of the insulation contacted one of the uninsulated connections. This energized the ducting and he was electrocuted. When rescuers tried to remove Employee #1 from the attic, they moved a section of the insulation and were also shocked when another part of the duct work became energized. The system was then completely disabled.

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

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304315518			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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