Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202363008 - Employee electrocuted while installing ceiling light

Accident Summary Nr: 202363008 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 09/14/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310076518	09/15/2006	1731	238210	Marlin Lighting, Llc

Abstract: On September 14, 2006, Employee #1, of Marlin Lighting, LLC, was using a Baker scaffold to install a new fluorescent light at a pharmacy-convenience store. He received an electrical shock that caused him to fall from the scaffold onto the top of a shelf and then to the floor. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: LIGHTING CIRCUIT, INSTALLING, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, LIGHTING FIXTURE, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, FALL, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310076518			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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