Accident Report Detail
Accident: 118245.015 - Employee Contacts Energized Circuit And Is Electrocuted
Accident: 118245.015 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 07/20/2019 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1417075.015 | 07/22/2019 | Meany Inc. | |||||
At 12:45 p.m. on July 20, 2019, Employee #1 and two coworkers, employed by an electrical services company, were installing wiring and Acuity Brands BLT/BLC LED Luminaire lights in a school classroom. Employee #1, an electrician, was working from an 8-foot fiberglass ladder and checking an installed light that had shorted out. Coworker #1, the crew foreman, went to turn off the breaker that supplied power to the classroom. Before the power stopped transmitting to the room, Employee #1 made contact with an energized circuit, sustained an electrical shock, and fell from the ladder. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead from electrocution. | |||||||
Keywords:
breaker plate, fall, electrical work, electrocuted, fuse, lighting circuit, lighting fixture, installing, ladder, electrician, construction
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Commercial building | Alteration or rehabilitation | X | |||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 1417075.015 | 50 | M | Fatality | Electric Shock | Electrical and electronic technicians | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: FatCause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause |