Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200901049 - Employee dies after electric shock from lighting circuit

Accident Summary Nr: 200901049 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 04/26/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303769814	04/29/2002	1731	0	Allgood Electric Company, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 9:20 p.m. on April 26, 2002, Employee #1 was working from a 6 ft stepladder, installing the emergency ballast for a fluorescent light fixture. Power to the fixture and the ballast had not been disconnected. As Employee #1 was working, he contacted the 277-volt circuit and received an electric shock. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he died of cardiac arrest.

Keywords: LIGHTING CIRCUIT, WORK RULES, LIGHTING FIXTURE, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, CARDIAC ARREST, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRIC SHOCK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303769814			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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