Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202354254 - Employee receives shock from exposed electrical conductor

Accident Summary Nr: 202354254 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 08/01/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308517689	08/01/2005	1731	238210	Valentine Electric, Heating And Air, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 10:20 a.m. on August 1, 2005, Employee #1, a 17-year-old electrician's apprentice, was working from the seventh rung of a 10 ft fiberglass stepladder, setting ceiling light fixtures into their frameworks. When he came to the last fixture, he was working within 10 in. of an open 4 in. square receptacle box from which were protruding 10 exposed, stripped conductors. He was setting the last unit when the fixture he was pulling through the ceiling contacted an exposed, 277-volt, 20-amp conductor. Employee #1 was knocked off the ladder to the floor. A coworker of a different employer was in the next room, heard him fall, and went to investigate. He saw Employee #1 on the floor, unconscious and unresponsive. Emergency Services was called and he was transported to Frederick Memorial Hospital. Employee #1 was treated and released within 24 hours.

Keywords: LIGHTING CIRCUIT, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL WORK, INEXPERIENCE, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR, ELECTRIC SHOCK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerplant		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308517689			Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electricians' apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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