Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202362562 - Employee electrocuted during repair of air cooling system

Accident Summary Nr: 202362562 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 06/26/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310178959	06/26/2006	1711	238220	Beck Environmental Services, Inc.

Abstract: on June 26, 2006, Employee #1, an HVAC worker for Beck Environmental Services, Inc., was replacing the blower on an air conditioning system in a restaurant whose cooling system had been out for five days. He was working in a tight space atop a walk-in freezer. Employee #1 had nearly completed the task when he grabbed a loose conductor operating at 240 volts. He was electrocuted.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, REPAIR, ELECTRICAL, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL WORK, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		$50,000 to $250,000	4	50	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310178959			Fatality	Electric Shock	Plumber, pipefitter and steamfiter apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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