Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 91399.015 - Employee installing a transformer is electrocuted

Accident Summary Nr: 91399.015 -- Report ID: 0950613 -- Event Date: 12/14/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1197517.015	12/14/2016		238210	Rc Power, Inc.

Abstract: At 7:30 a.m. on November 14, 2016, an employee was working with a coworker to install anchor bolts inside of a Power Distribution Unit for a server network. While the employees were inside of the cabinet PDU4B2, an Employee #1 was exposed to 480 volts on the line-feed side of the breaker, by direct or arc field contact. Employee #2 was leaning on a transformer and received an undetermined amount of voltage. Employee #1 was killed and Employee #2 suffered an electrical burn on his right shoulder and was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Electrical, Transformer

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1197517.015	23	M	Fatality		Helpers, construction trades	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause:
2	1197517.015	35	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Helpers, construction trades	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause:

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