Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 108108.015 - Employee handling electric wires is shocked, falls from ladd

Accident Summary Nr: 108108.015 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 07/27/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1337174.015	08/06/2018		238210	Choice Electric Corporation

Abstract: At 9:55 a.m. on July 27, 2018, Employee #1, employed by an electrical services company, was engaged in electrical work at a commercial building. He was working from a ladder and moving wires in an electrical junction box (J-box) when he received a 277-volt electric shock to his hand. This caused him to fall from the ladder. The employee was transported to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for electric shock and burns to his right thumb and index finger and a back injury.

Keywords: Back, Burn, Construction, Electric Shock, Electrical, Electrical Box, Electrical Work, Electrician, Energized, Fall, Fall Protection, Finger, Hand, Ladder, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Repair, Thumb

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1337174.015	39	M	Hospitalized injury		Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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