Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202014353 - Employee killed installing drywall, possibe electrocution

Accident Summary Nr: 202014353 -- Report ID: 0216000 -- Event Date: 08/02/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309595197	08/03/2006	1521	236118	Cobalt Engineering

Abstract: On August 2, 2006, Employee #1, a construction worker with Cobalt Engineering, was finishing drywall in an attic addition when he collapsed and died. He may have contacted an energized, uncovered electrical outlet or switch.

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

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	2	20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309595197			Fatality	Electric Shock	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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