Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202351904 - Employee suffers electric shock from energized cable

Accident Summary Nr: 202351904 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 10/07/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306844036	10/08/2003	1799	238990	Simply Clean, Inc.

Abstract: On October 7, 2003, Employee #1 was cleaning sawdust and debris out of wooden kitchen cabinets in a new townhouse. He was reaching into a cabinet above a double-wall oven when his right bicep contacted the exposed end of an energized, 240 volt non-metallic sheathed cable. He suffered an electric shock and was transported to the hospital for treatment. The cable was on a shelf inside the cabinet, approximately 67 3/8 in. above the kitchen floor.

Keywords: WIRE ROPE, WORK RULES, CLEANING, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRIC SHOCK, BLIND REACHING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	3	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306844036			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Janitors and cleaners	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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