Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202496766 - Employee injured in fall while wiring overhead lights

Accident Summary Nr: 202496766 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 04/03/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310948005	04/04/2007	1731	238210	A-1 Power Inc

Abstract: On April 3, 2007, Employee #1 was using a ladder for wiring an overhead flourescent light in the hallway of a building that was being renovated into a laboratory. He asked a coworker to turn on the light and was working it while energized. Employee #1 was twisting the hot wires together when one or more of his fingers contacted the wire. He sustained a minor shock and jumped from the ladder. As he came down, his arm was lacerated when it became caught on the metal of the flourescent light. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he was treated and released the same day. He suffered no ill effects from the electrical shock.

Keywords: WORK RULES, LADDER, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, LIGHTING, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRIC SHOCK, FALL, ARM

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	3	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310948005			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electricians' apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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