Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201922457 - Employee Is Electrocuted While Changing Transformer

Accident Summary Nr: 201922457 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 07/03/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304571136	07/10/2002	6513	0	Equity Residential

Abstract: Employee #1 was changing a transformer on an outside light that was 17 feet up the side of an apartment complex. Employee #1 was working from an aluminum ladder. Employee #1 had opened the breakers that were supposed to deenergize the lamp. The breaker box and breaker were not locked out of service. The lamp was wired to a breaker designated to one of the apartments, not the one marked for building service. Employee #1 did not check to see if the lamp was deenergized. Employee #1 received an electric shock from contact with the 110 volts, and he fell to the ground. He was electrocuted.

Keywords: WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRICAL WORK, LOCKOUT, CIRCUIT BREAKER, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRIC SHOCK, FALL, ELECTRICAL BOX, TRANSFORMER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	304571136			Fatality	Electric Shock	Machinery maintenance occupations

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