Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200374973 - Electric Shock - Direct Contact with Energized Parts

Accident Summary Nr: 200374973 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 02/08/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314079559	02/16/2010	1731	238210	Blankenship Electric Inc

Abstract: An electrician was working in the kitchen area of an elementary school. He was installing a new soap dispenser on a 480-volt dishwasher. He turned off the switch at the dishwasher, but did not open the circuit breaker for the dishwasher circuit. (That circuit breaker was located in the boiler room.) The employee, who standing on a metal ladder, contacted energized parts inside the control box for the dishwasher. He received an electric shock and was thrown across the room. The employee was hospitalized with burns to his right arm, a laceration to his head, injuries to the heart and discs in his back.

Keywords: BURN, E GI IV, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRICIAN, LADDER, ELECTRICAL WORK, LOCKOUT, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRIC SHOCK, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Other		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314079559			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Misc. electrical & electronic equipment repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Electrocution from equipment installation/tool use

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