Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 78843.015 - Employee is killed while cutting live wire

Accident Summary Nr: 78843.015 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 08/07/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1084876.015	08/13/2015		561730	Callaway Outdoor Designs

Abstract: At 6:30 p.m. on August 7, 2015, an employee was repairing a small break in a sprinkler line. When the employee found a PVC pipe that he thought was the damaged pipe, he cut through it with a hand held cutter. The pipe that the employee cut turned out to be an electrical conduit containing what was believed to be a 110-volt wire supplying power to an outside light. The Employee was electrocuted.

Keywords: Electrical, Electrocuted, Wire Line

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1084876.015	33	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction

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