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Accident Summary Nr: 848275 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS

Accident Summary Nr: 848275 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 03/23/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103263935	03/24/1989	1796	0	Reliance Elevator Company

Abstract: AN ELEVATOR REPAIR WORKER WAS WORKING IN AN ELEVATOR EQUIPMENT ROOM ON A ROUTINE CONTRACT MAINTENANCE VISIT. THE EQUIPMENT ROOM CONTAINED EXPOSED, ENERGIZED 120/240-VOLT ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT. THE 56-YEAR-OLD EMPLOYEE, WHO HAD BEEN DETERMINED TO BE QUALIFIED FOR THE PURPOSE OF WORKING IN VAULTS OR ROOMS WITH EXPOSED ENERGIZED PARTS, WAS FOUND DEAD A DISTANCE OF SEVERAL FEET FROM THE EXPOSED ENERGIZED PARTS. THE CORONER FOUND NO ELECTRICAL BURN MARKS ON HIS BODY AND FOUND THAT HIS HEART APPEARED NORMAL. DESPITE THE LACK OF BURN MARKS, THE CORONER CONCLUDED THAT THE EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: E GI III, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103263935			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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