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Accident Summary Nr: 943308 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS

Accident Summary Nr: 943308 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 11/07/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110065752	11/07/1990	1731	0	Tib'S Electrical Service Company
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110065927	11/07/1990	3085	0	Sewell Plastics, Inc

Abstract: TWO EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING NEW EMERGENCY LIGHTING AT A PLASTICS PLANT. THE NEW WIRING HAD BEEN INSTALLED, AND THE EMPLOYEES WERE READY TO CONNECT THE NEW WIRING TO THE EXISTING WIRING, WHICH REMAINED ENERGIZED. TO MAKE THE TAP, ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES STRIPPED THE INSULATION FROM THE EXISTING 277-VOLT CONDUCTORS AND WAS ELECTROCUTED. (THE EMPLOYEE ALSO FELL FROM THE LADDER FROM WHICH HE WAS WORKING.)

Keywords: E GI IV, ELECTRICAL, INSULATED TOOL, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR, ELECTRICIAN, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRICAL WORK, LOCKOUT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	110065752			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electricians
2	110065927					Occupation Not Listed

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