Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201403433 - Electric Shock - Direct Contact with Energized Parts

Accident Summary Nr: 201403433 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 10/01/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127130979	10/20/1999	1731	0	Electrical Maintenance Corp

Abstract: An employee was looking for a fault in the wiring for an airport runway lighting system. The employee deenergized the south end of the system, but he continued to look for the fault without realizing that he had crossed to the north end, which had not been deenergized. When the control tower personnel turned on the runway lights, the employee was electrocuted.

Keywords: E GI IV, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRICAL WORK, LOCKOUT, UNTRAINED, INATTENTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127130979			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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