Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201853199 - Employee electrocuted while installing wiring at factory

Accident Summary Nr: 201853199 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 07/04/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303158315	07/07/2003	1731	238210	Diversified Electrical, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 9:45 a.m. on July 4, 2003, Employee #1 was splicing and installing wiring for lighting and air conditioning into a new addition at a local factory. Some of the wiring had been connected and made safe, and some had not Employee #1 asked for the power to be turned on and this apparently included wiring that had not been completed. He apparently contacted this unfinished wiring and was electrocuted.

Keywords: INSTALLING, ELECTRICAL, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL WORK, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303158315			Fatality	Radiation Effects	Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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