Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202463386 - Employee Is Killed from Electric Shock

Accident Summary Nr: 202463386 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 03/01/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300833050	03/02/2006	1741	238140	Tidwell Excavation Acquisition Co., Inc

Abstract: At approximately 1:55 p.m. on March 1, 2006, Employee #1, a field foreman, and a coworker were installing "stub-outs" as part of putting in the second of two 90 degree elbows into the energized front of a pad-mounted transformer. Employee #1 made contact with the spade connector on the transformer and was shocked. Employee #1 was transported to UCLA Medical Center, where he later died. Upon further investigation, it was determined that measures were not taken to prevent accidental contact with live electrical equipment. The employer was cited for an accident-related violation, serious, of T8CCR 2320.2(a).

Keywords: SHOCK, INSTALLING, ELECTRICAL, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL WORK, ELECTRIC SHOCK, TRANSFORMER, UNTRAINED, ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISC

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300833050			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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