Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201520202 - electric shock - direct contact with energized parts

Accident Summary Nr: 201520202 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 09/19/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123294894	09/22/1997	1799	0	Mill River Environmental Inc.

Abstract: Employees working for an environmental contractor were cleaning out a building before starting an asbestos removal operation. A supervisor on the job had barricaded the entrance to an electrical room to keep the employees out. The employees were working in a large room, demolishing temporary walls made of dry wall mounted on wood studs. They were also removing the ceiling tiles and installing furring strips and plastic on the walls. One of the employees (Employee #1) entered the electrical room, possibly looking to remove the copper busbars as scrap. After the supervisor came looking for the employees, one of them discovered Employee #1 in the electrical room, inside a switchgear unit. When he got no response to questions, the coworker kicked Employee #1, who slid down, unconscious. Emergency medical services were summoned, and they transported Employee #1 to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He had been electrocuted.

Keywords: E GI III, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, BUSBAR, SWITCHGEAR, UNTRAINED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Demolition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	123294894			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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