Inspection Detail

Inspection: 309087971 - Ad Sign Service Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Baton Rouge Area Office

Inspection Nr: 309087971

Report ID: 0625700

Date Opened: 08/03/2006

Site Address:
Ad Sign Service Inc
750 First St
Arcadia, LA 71001

Mailing Address:
202 Parkway St, Minden, LA 71055

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1799

NAICS: 238990/All Other Specialty Trade Contractors

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: Y

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 08/03/2006

Emphasis: S:Construction Fatalities

Case Closed: 09/20/2006

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	100556802

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$1,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,500
Current Penalty	$1,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,500
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	19260453 B02 V	09/07/2006	09/13/2006	$1,500	$1,500	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200554525

Event: 08/02/2006

Employee electrocuted in contact with advertising sign

At approximately 11:30 a.m. on August 2, 2006, Employee #1 was using an aerial ladder truck to check a newly installed outdoor sign to see if all the internal lighting was functioning. To energize the sign, two coworkers at ground level placed the live and neutral wires of the outdoor sign into the female end of a flexible cord that was energized by a portable generator. The sign did not light up completely when energized, so Employee #1 placed one foot on the door entrance to the sign and one hand on the entrance frame so that he could look inside of it. He was electrocuted and fell approximately 20 ft to the ground before his coworkers removed the live and neutral wires from the flexible cord and broke the electrical circuit. Subsequent investigation revealed that a wire had been pinched between a ballast and the sign frame, possibly during manufacturing, which allowed the conductors of the pinched wire to contact the sign frame and energize it.

Keywords: LIGHTING CIRCUIT, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR, FALL, ADVERTISING SIGN, MECH MALFUNCTION

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309087971			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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