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Accident: 14518120 - Electric Shock - Direct Contact With Runway Conductors

Accident: 14518120 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 08/18/1986
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
10178355308/21/19861799A & A Insulation-Contractors, Inc.
AN EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING ASBESTOS INSULATION FROM DUCTWORK. THIS WORK WAS BEING PERFORMED IN A BUILDING THAT WAS TO BE DEMOLISHED AFTER ALL THE ASBESTOS WAS REMOVED. SOME 480-VOLT CRANE RUNWAY CONDUCTORS HAD BEEN INSTALLED NEAR THE WORK LOCATION. THESE CONDUCTORS WERE EXPOSED AND WERE STILL ENERGIZED. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN HE REACHED OVER AN I-BEAM AND CONTACTED THE RUNWAY CONDUCTORS.
Keywords: electrical, electrocuted, runway conductor, lockout, unguarded live parts, e c, untrained
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 101783553 Fatality Electric Shock Occupation not reported

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