Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 99450.015 - Employee repairing road lighting is shocked and burned

Accident Summary Nr: 99450.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 09/28/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1267411.015	09/29/2017		238210	Highway Safety Devices, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:00 p.m. on September 28, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a company that installed various highway safety devices, was working at a multiemployer highway construction project. He was repairing pole lighting after a hurricane. Employee #1 came into contact with 480 volts of electricity. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for electric shock and burns.

Keywords: Burn, Construction, Electric Conductor, Electric Shock, Electrical Work, Hand, Highway, Lighting, Repair, Storm

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition			0	0

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1267411.015	52	M	Hospitalized injury

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