Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 884601 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN SPIDER BOX

Accident Summary Nr: 884601 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 08/08/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104668405	08/08/1989	1743	0	Lifetime Tile And Marble Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104668389	08/08/1989	1521	0	Cheqer Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104668397	08/08/1989	1731	0	Roberts Electric, Inc.

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELING ON DAMP GROUND, PLUGGING AN EXTENSION CORD SET INTO A SPIDER BOX. NO GROUND-FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER HAD BEEN INSTALLED ON THE TEMPORARY CIRCUIT FOR THE BOX, AND THE FRAME OF THE BOX WAS APPARENTLY ENERGIZED BY A GROUND FAULT. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS HOLDING THE SPIDER BOX IN HIS LEFT HAND, WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, E C, GROUND FAULT, EQUIPMENT GROUNDING, TEMPORARY WIRING, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRICAL BOX

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104668405	Fatality	Electric Shock	Tile setters, hard and soft
2	104668389			Occupation Not Listed
3	104668397			Occupation Not Listed

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