Translate
Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 202449948 - Employee Sustains Cardiac Arrest
| 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
| End Use | Project Type | Project Cost | Stories | Non-building Height | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powerline, transmission line | Alteration or rehabilitation | Under $50,000 | |||||
| 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 |