Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202521001 - Electric Shock - Contact with Energized Parts thru Tool

Accident Summary Nr: 202521001 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 09/20/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312580798	11/16/2010	1711	238220	Fresno Plumbing & Heating

Abstract: An employee was in a mechanical yard of a hospital retrieving tools. He picked up an impact gun, turned, and contacted a busway causing an electrical fault. The employee received an electric shock and sustained burns from the ensuing electric arc. He was hospitalized with burns to his hands.

Keywords: BURN, ELECTRIC ARC, E GI III, ELECTRICAL, LOCKOUT, UNGUARDED LIVE PARTS, ELECTRIC SHOCK, ELECTRICAL FAULT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	4	50

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312580798			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Other

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