Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202340881 - Employee electrocuted by energized BX cable armor

Accident Summary Nr: 202340881 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 09/15/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309235836	09/15/2005	1711	238220	Advanced Plumbing Ent, Inc.

Abstract: On September 15, 2005, Employee #1, a plumber, was found unconscious and later died due to an apparent electric shock. A coworker reported feeling a shock when he touched Employee #1, and medical authorities reported that he had an electric shock entrance wound on his left shoulder. This corresponds to the position in which he was found, with metal-clad BX cables hanging from the wall to his right. The cables had originally been surface-mounted to shelving in the room. When the shelving was removed during demolition, they had been left behind. The cable armor was found to be energized at 120 volts. A mounting screw was touching the live parts inside an outlet box, causing the current to energize the shell of the box and also the rest of the cable armor. The current did not short to ground and trip the circuit breaker, probably because the cable armor was broken so that there was no path to ground. The armor was the normal path to ground for BX cables. At the time this report was written, a test of the circuit breaker was planned.

Keywords: UNCONSCIOUSNESS, DEMOLITION, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Demolition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	6		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309235836			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior cladding Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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