Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202449948 - Employee Sustains Cardiac Arrest

Accident Summary Nr: 202449948 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 08/19/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310603899	08/19/2008	1731	238210	Henkels & Mccoy, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 4:19 p.m. on August 19, 2008, Employee #1, a journeyman lineman, was working inside an electrical vault at 1200-volts, along with a coworker, also a journeyman lineman. The coworker was tying the two whip lines to the wall of the vault, while Employee #1 was connecting the whip line concentrics to the grounded neutral wire. Employee #1 experienced an electric shock, when he was connecting the last concentric to the grounded neutral wire. He fell unconscious on the vault floor and sustained full cardiac arrest, until he was revived by the paramedics. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL VAULT, CARDIAC ARREST, ELECTRIC SHOCK, FALL, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310603899			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing underground plumbing conduit Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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