Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202472296 - Employee electrocuted during wiring of ceiling fixture

Accident Summary Nr: 202472296 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 12/10/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311730758	12/10/2007	1731	238210	Delgado Electric, Inc.

Abstract: On December 10, 2007, Employee #1, a journeyman electrician, was on an 8 ft fiberglass stepladder, wiring a connection for a fluorescent ceiling light when he contacted the 277-volt current and was electrocuted. The electrical circuit for the fluorescent ceiling light had not been deenergized.

Keywords: LIGHTING CIRCUIT, WORK RULES, ELECTRICIAN, ELECTROCUTED, LIGHTING FIXTURE, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL WORK, LOCKOUT, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311730758			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electricians	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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