Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 48669.015 - Employee electrocuted while rewiring transformer

Accident Summary Nr: 48669.015 -- Report ID: 0214200 -- Event Date: 07/19/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
921886.015	07/19/2013		238210	Logram-Eastern Electric Corporation

Abstract: At 4:15 p.m. on July 19, 2013, an employee was rewiring a transformer and cutting a neutral cable with a Greenlee Ratchet Cable Cutter. The employee was sitting on a metal pipe conduit that was elevated several feet above the floor and adjacent to a transformer while using the ratchet cutter. The employee was electrocuted by a back feed of electricity from the panel by a live wire that was spliced into a neutral wire connected to a dead panel.

Keywords: Electrical, Electrical Splice, Electrocuted, Elevated Work Platform, Metal Pipe

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		Maintenance or repair		$50,000 to $250,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	921886.015	47	M	Fatality		Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause:

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