Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202484861 - Employee injured when electric circuit explodes

Accident Summary Nr: 202484861 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 01/08/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120202486	01/30/2007	1731	238210	High Tech Electric Inc.

Abstract: On January 8, 2007, Employee #1, a journeyman electrician, was cleaning up switch gear for new feeder conduits. He was using a rachet cutter to cut through the three wires taped together when the circuit exploded. Employee #1 suffered second-degree burns to his head, neck, ears, nose, face, and both hands. He had mistakenly assumed that there was no power to the wiring that was being removed.

Keywords: BURN, HEAD, WORK RULES, ELECTRICIAN, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL WORK, EXPLOSION, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, FACE, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120202486			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Other

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