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Accident: 200374973 - Electric Shock - Direct Contact With Energized Parts
Accident: 200374973 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 02/08/2010 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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| 314079559 | 02/16/2010 | 1731 | Blankenship Electric Inc | ||||
| 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
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| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
| Other building | Other | Under $50,000 | 1 | ||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
| 1 | 314079559 | Hospitalized injury | Electric Shock | Misc. electrical & electronic equipment repairers | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) FatCause: Electrocution from equipment installation/tool use |
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