Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202287744 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED CONDUCTOR

Accident Summary Nr: 202287744 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 07/17/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109315770	07/18/1997	1731	0	Interlocken Services, Inc.

Abstract: An electrician was changing ballasts and bulbs in 277-volt fluorescent lighting fixtures as part of an energy conservation measure in a school. He was working at night, and the lighting circuit remained energized so that the employee had light to work. He had been working from a fiberglass stepladder but apparently climbed from the ladder onto an air handler to reach one of the fixtures. After he had replaced the ballast on this fixture, the electrician apparently contacted the exposed end of the ungrounded circuit conductor. He was electrocuted.

Keywords: E GI II, ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, LIGHTING CIRCUIT, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRICIAN, ELECTROCUTED, LIGHTING FIXTURE, ELECTRICAL WORK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	109315770			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electricians	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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