Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202220216 - Employee electrocuted in contact with live terminal

Accident Summary Nr: 202220216 -- Report ID: 0111100 -- Event Date: 09/22/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
117911065	09/22/2001	1541	0	Cianbro Corp.

Abstract: On September 22, 2001, Employee #1, a pipefitter for the Cianbro Corporation, accidentally dropped a tool into a cabinet. He was reaching inside to retrieve it when he contacted an energized 120-volt terminal. The current passed from his right hip to his left arm. Employee #1 was electrocuted and died at the scene.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRICAL CABINET, BLIND REACHING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Maintenance or repair		$500,000 to $1,000,000	4		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	117911065			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	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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