Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201986791 - Employee electrocuted removing tank and repiping in attic

Accident Summary Nr: 201986791 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 10/18/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305970915	10/18/2002	1711	238220	Jesko A/C Services, L.L.C.

Abstract: On October 18, 2002, Employee #1, a service technician, was removing a steel tank and rerouting a pipe in an attic. A coworker found him draped over the tank, face down, unconscious, and not breathing. Employee #1 had been electrocuted.

Keywords: ATTIC, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, DISMANTLING, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1	11	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305970915			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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