Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202338414 - Employee electrocuted while installing light fixture

Accident Summary Nr: 202338414 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 08/05/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306907155	08/06/2003	1731	238210	Mid-State Electric, Inc.

Abstract: On August 5, 2003, Employee #1, of Mid-State Electric, Inc., was preparing to wire and mount a four-bulb fluorescent light fixture and an emergency light in a 10 ft by 6 ft room that had a 9 1/2 ft high drop ceiling. He was removing cable nuts from the energized cable and replacing them with black electrical tape when he was electrocuted. The cable he contacted had been run, energized, and capped off with cable nuts approximately one week before the accident.

Keywords: LIGHTING CIRCUIT, INSTALLING, ELECTROCUTED, LIGHTING FIXTURE, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	1	20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306907155			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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