Inspection Detail

Inspection: 303646913 - Keeton Plumbing, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Oklahoma City Area Office

Investigation Summary

At approximately 2:30 p.m. on November 6, 2001, Employee #1, a plumber's helper, and a coworker were installing a new lavatory and toilet in a house that was being remodeled into an office. Employee #1 entered the crawl space under the house to push the plastic pipe up through the floor hole for the toilet. As he was working, he contacted some water pipes that were electrically charged, and was electrocuted. A subsequent inspection of the remodeled electrical installation discovered a faulty and hazardous grounding electrode system. In the attic, the water line bonding conductor had been cut from the electrical services and was touching a discarded copper line.The copper line was in contact with exposed and energized 220-volt conductors. The conductors had been part of an old water heater that had been removed and replaced with a new one on the first floor.

Keywords: INSTALLING, PROTECTIVE GROUNDING, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR, PLUMBING