Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 202339677 - Employee injured by electric shock from jumper cord
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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306906512 | 08/22/2003 | 1721 | 238320 | C & O Services, Inc. |
Abstract: On August 22, 2003, Employee #1, a house painter, and several coworkers were painting a vacant apartment on the third floor of a building. The electricity had been turned off, so she ran an extension cord from a wall outlet in the first floor laundry room up two stories and through the doorway of the apartment and then closed the door. Employee #1 plugged the extension cord into a 3 ft long double male plug jumper cord, which she then plugged into an outlet in the apartment to back feed electricity to the circuit. A short occurred, and Employee #1 suffered an electric shock that knocked her unconscious. She had not protected the extension cord from being pinched when she closed the apartment door.
End Use | Project Type | Project Cost | Stories | Non-building Height | Fatality | ||
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Multi-family dwelling | Alteration or rehabilitation | Under $50,000 | 3 |
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 306906512 | Hospitalized injury | Electric Shock | Painters, construction and maintenance |