Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202543484 - Electrician Is Shocked by Underground Wire

Accident Summary Nr: 202543484 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 10/10/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314860651	10/12/2011	1731	238210	Hawkins Electric Inc Dba Hawkins Electric

Abstract: At approximately 12:15 p.m. on October 10, 2011 Employee #1, a journeyman electrician, was performing electric work in an excavation at a Westfield mall. He was in communication via cell phone with a Westfield employee, who was deenergizing an exposed conductor. The Westfield employee had switched off the associated circuit breaker and remained in control of the circuit breaker panel. Employee #1 tested the conductor with a volt meter and found it to be deenergized. While stripping a wire to place a wire nut he sustained an electric shock. Employee #1 was hospitalized at UCLA medical center for treatment. Evidence indicated that the Westfield employee inadvertently reenergized the exposed conductor.

Keywords: ELEC INSULATION, EXCAVATION, ELECTRICAL TESTING, ELECTRICIAN, CONSTRUCTION, LOCKOUT, CIRCUIT BREAKER, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR, ELECTRIC SHOCK

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314860651			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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