Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 14482327 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH LIVE CONDUCTOR THRU TOOL
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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761080 | 08/21/1987 | 1711 | 0 | Power Maintenance Inc. |
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
761072 | 08/21/1987 | 1799 | 0 | Industrial Fire Proofing & Insulation Company |
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
761064 | 08/21/1987 | 1711 | 0 | Babcock & Wilcox Construction Company Inc. |
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
761056 | 08/19/1987 | 1731 | 0 | Pasquale Electric Co. |
Abstract: A supervisor and two other employees entered a motor control center to inspect a boiler feed pump circuit to ensure that it was deenergized so that they could cut some cables that were part of the circuit. The three employees attached a come-along around a beam at the motor end of one of the cables. One of the employees (employee #2) left to get more chokers while the other two employees inspected the two sets of cables in the condenser pit area of the boiler. When he returned, employee #2 was told by his coworker that the supervisor had showed him the exact cables to cut. These two employees then went back to cut the cables. Employee #1 climbed down onto the lower cable tray that was supporting two sets of four cables coming through the wall. Employee #1 stated that he was told to cut the top left and bottom right cables. Using a pair of Klein ratchet-type wire cutters, he cut into a 2300-volt cable leading to the pulverizer feed amplifier and instead of the correct cables, which were 6 meters away. Employee #1 was electrocuted. (He was later pronounced dead at the scene by the coroner.) Employee #2 jumped back from the resulting electrical fault and struck his arm against a condenser pipe.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 761080 | Occupation Not Listed | ||||
2 | 761072 | Occupation Not Listed | ||||
3 | 761064 | Occupation Not Listed | ||||
4 | 761056 | Fatality | Electric Shock | Electricians | ||
5 | 761056 | Non Hospitalized injury | Bruise/Contus/Abras | Electricians |