Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202540662 - Electric Shock - Contact with Energized Conductor

Accident Summary Nr: 202540662 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 05/14/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300870474	05/20/2009	1731	238210	Terno Electrical Contractors Dba Terno Inc.

Abstract: At 9:55 a.m. on Thursday, May 14, 2009, Employee #1 was a member of a construction crew working for Terno Electrical Contractors. On Wednesday, May 13, the day before the accident, an electrical crew had removed a 4-inch diameter, 10-foot tall traffic light pole in preparation for the arrival of the construction crew the following day. At the same time, it had deenergized a 20-wire bundle of lines that had been energized at 120 volts and cut all the wires. Employee #1 started work on Thursday at 9:00 a.m. His construction crew was removing the traffic light pole base, which was 2 feet long by 2 feet wide by 4 inches high. After working about 20 minutes with a jackhammer to break the concrete, Employee #1 felt an electric shock in both his hands. The foreman and general foreman were called to assist. They found two wires in the bundle that were not deenergized. Employee #1 was taken to California Hospital for observation, and he was released after four hours. As a result of the accident, he suffered minor muscle pain in both hands, though there were no obvious marks or wounds on his hands.

Keywords: E GI IV, ELECTRICAL, INADEQUATE MAINT, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL WORK, JACKHAMMER, LOCKOUT, E C, ELECTRIC SHOCK, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		$250,000 to $500,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300870474			Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Cutting concrete pavement Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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