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Accident: 14526040 - Electric Shock - Direct Contact With Exposed Live Parts

Accident: 14526040 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 10/14/1984
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
165587710/15/19841629Inter Bay Marine Construction
AN EMPLOYEE WORKING FOR A MARINE CONSTRUCTION FIRM WAS WALKING ON A STRINGER AT A DOCK. A 120-VOLT POWER LINE WAS RUN IN CONDUIT PARALLEL TO THE STRINGER. THE CONDUIT HAD SEPARATED, AND THE INSULATION ON THE CONDUCTORS WAS DEFECTIVE, EXPOSING LIVE PARTS TO CONTACT. THE EMPLOYEE DID, IN FACT, CONTACT THE EXPOSED CONDUCTORS AND WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Keywords: elec insulation, electrical, conduit, electrocuted, construction, e c, electric conductor
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 1655877 Fatality Electric Shock Occupation not reported

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