Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201363074 - Employee Is Electrocuted While Stripping Wire

Accident Summary Nr: 201363074 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 09/12/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311411532	09/13/2007	3731	336611	Signal International, Llc

Abstract: On September 12, 2007, Employee #1 was an electrician. He was replacing a junction box. There were two circuits present in the junction box, however only one of the circuits had been deenergized. Employee #1 did not know there was a second circuit and did not test to verify the power was off before starting the work. Employee #1 was electrocuted when he stripped a wire on the energized circuit.

Keywords: SHOCK, ELECTRICIAN, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRIC SHOCK, ELECTRICAL CABINET, HAND TOOL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	311411532			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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