Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201924313 - Employee electrocuted while installing light fixtures

Accident Summary Nr: 201924313 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 10/01/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310265087	10/03/2007	1731	238210	Central Electric Company

Abstract: At approximately 9:00 p.m. on October 1, 2007, Employee #1, a licensed apprentice electrician working for an electrical subcontractor through a staffing agency, started his first shift at the job site. He was assigned to remove acrylic overhead light fixtures and replace them with parabolic light fixtures. Employee #1 had been working approximately two hours when he was electrocuted. The subcontractor had a licensed electrician at the site who supervised and directed all of Employee #1's work activities. The Supervisor did not ensure that the lighting circuit had been de-energized throughout all of the re-molding phases.

Keywords: LIGHTING CIRCUIT, WORK RULES, ELECTRICIAN, ELECTROCUTED, LIGHTING FIXTURE, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL WORK, LOCKOUT, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310265087			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electricians' apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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