Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 966978 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN ELECTRIC SIGN

Accident Summary Nr: 966978 -- Report ID: 0931700 -- Event Date: 02/22/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106262769	02/23/1989	1731	0	Advance Signs & Designs Inc.

Abstract: A sign fabricator was working from an aerial lift, servicing a fluorescent restaurant sign. The employee used an extension cord set to connect a generator to a junction box at the bottom of the sign. The secondary of the ballast transformer for the sign had developed a ground fault, which energized the metal frame of the sign at 417 to 420 volts. The wiring to the sign from the junction box did not provide an equipment grounding conductor. The employee was electrocuted when he touched the sign frame and the boom control handle at the same time.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, ELECTRIC SIGN, E GI VII, ELECTROCUTED, GROUND FAULT, EQUIPMENT GROUNDING, ADVERTISING SIGN, ELECTRIC GENERATOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106262769			Fatality	Electric Shock	Not specified mechanics and repairers

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