Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201922150 - Employee electrocuted while erecting scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201922150 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 08/24/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123276446	08/27/2001	1799	0	Safway Steel Products,Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 1:30 p.m. on August 24, 2001, Employee #1 was erecting scaffolding in a low voltage cable spreading room. He was standing on a metal scaffold board, 8 ft above ground level, when he apparently lost his balance and grabbed onto an existing light fixture that was energized. Employee #1 was electrocuted.

Keywords: ERECTION PROCESS, ELECTROCUTED, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, LOST BALANCE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerplant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	3	8	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	123276446			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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