Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201502127 - Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Metal Pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 201502127 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 11/03/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125634840	11/06/2000	1711	0	Automatic Fire Sprinklers, Inc

Abstract: A Hispanic laborer was assigned to drill 25-millimeter-diameter holes into joists in the elevator lobby on the second floor of a five-floor building under construction. The holes were for the installation of water lines for a fire sprinkler system. The employee drilled the holes and discovered that the holes were misaligned. He grabbed a 6.1-meter length of copper pipe and climbed out a window onto a metal-frame scaffold on the exterior of the building. He maneuvered the pipe to push it through a hole drilled into the exterior wall header, and it contacted a 12-kilovolt overhead power line. The employee received an electric shock and burns. He was hospitalized with third-degree burns to his right hand, right forearm, and left shin below the knee. He remained in the hospital for 10 weeks and required multiple surgeries.

Keywords: BURN, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, E C, ELECTRIC SHOCK, METAL PIPE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	5	50

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125634840			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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