Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202587358 - Electrical Worker Shocked and Injured in Fall from Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 202587358 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 04/10/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315317693	04/11/2012	1731	238210	Agresti Electric Inc. Dba Cocconi Electric

Abstract: On April 10, 2012, Employee # 1, a 56 year-old male with Agresti Electric Inc. Dba Cocconi Electric ., was performing testing operations on an energized # 11, 277 volt AC lighting circuit. Employee #1 was standing on the fourth-wrung of a six-foot step-ladder. His right hand made contact with a sprinkler pipe. Simultaneously the circuit # 11 hot wire made contact with a sprinkler pipe and electrically shocked Employee #1. Employee #1 fell to grade from a fall distance of four-feet. Employee #1 was taken to Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, admitted on April 10, 2012 at approximately 11:11 a.m. and discharged on April 11, 2012, at approximately 1 p.m.

Keywords: ELECTRICIAN, LADDER, ELECTRICAL WORK, ELECTRIC SHOCK, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		$250,000 to $500,000	3	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	315317693			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electricians

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