Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202441325 - Employee electrocuted in contact with energized busbar

Accident Summary Nr: 202441325 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 07/07/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307457358	07/07/2005	1731	238210	Kan'S Electrical Services

Abstract: At approximately 4:25 p.m. on July 7, 2005, Employee #1, a foreman with Kan's Electrical Services, was installing conductors for the power monitoring system in the main switch gear cabinet outside a building at a commercial construction project in Hemet, CA. As he was working, he contacted a live 440-volt busbar and was electrocuted. Paramedics transported Employee #1 to the Hemet Valley Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 5:05 p.m.

Keywords: INSTALLING, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, BUSBAR, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL WORK, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRICAL CABINET

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1	30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307457358			Fatality	Electric Shock	Supervisors; electricians & power transm. install.

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