Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201401130 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED CONDUCTOR

Accident Summary Nr: 201401130 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 09/03/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127232494	09/10/1997	1542	0	National Abatement Corp

Abstract: Three employees were removing asbestos from a beam in a basement electrical vault at a health care facility. Some wall-mounted fuses were enclosed with plywood. This enclosure had a 1.2-meter by 1.2-meter hole at the bottom of the left side. The fuses were covered with plastic sheeting (Visqueen) to protect the employees from contacting them, and two of the employees stuck their ladder through the hole at the bottom of the plywood enclosure to access the beam and scrape asbestos from it. When they finished scraping the beam, one of the employees started to remove the plastic. As he was doing this, he contacted an energized conductor and sustained an electric shock and burns. He was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: BURN, FUSE, E GI IV, ELECTRICAL, UNGUARDED LIVE PARTS, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR, ELECTRIC SHOCK, ELECTRICAL CABINET, UNTRAINED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		$50,000 to $250,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127232494			Hospitalized injury	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Other

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