Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202472049 - EMPLOYEE ELECTROCUTED while working in JUNCTION BOX

Accident Summary Nr: 202472049 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 05/02/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311124267	05/03/2007	1731	238210	P.M.H. Group Inc.

Abstract: On May 2, 2007, Employee #1, an electrician's apprentice, was working at the construction sit of a new Middle School. He was instructed to make up a whip, which is a length of MC cable that is used as the electrical conductor between a new light fixture and a previously installed electrical junction box. After completing the whip, Employee #1 was told to connect the whip to the new light fixture and then install the new fixture in the ceiling. Once this was done, the electrician was going to connect the other end of the whip for the light fixtures to the appropriate junction boxes. Once he finished the whip, Employee #1 apparently removed a face plate and began to work in one of the electrical boxes He had removed a red wire nut from a wiring connection, when he suffered an electric shock. Employee #1 died of electrocution.

Keywords: INSTALLING, ELECTRICAL, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, CONSTRUCTION, INEXPERIENCE, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRICAL BOX

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311124267			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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