Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201260155 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT

Accident Summary Nr: 201260155 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 08/08/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300952389	08/11/1997	1771	0	Paramount Concrete Pumping, Inc.

Abstract: A concrete finisher was completing work on a concrete pour in a 0.76-meter-high crawl space of a home. The homeowner had run armored cable beneath the crawl space. The armored cable and associated junction boxes had an open ground. Additionally, a ground-fault had apparently energized the armor sheath on the cable. The employee, who was in the wet cement, was electrocuted when he contacted the armored cable.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, ELECTRIC CABLE, ELECTROCUTED, E C, GROUND FAULT, WET OPERATION, EQUIPMENT GROUNDING, CRAWL SPACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300952389			Fatality	Electric Shock	Concrete and terrazzo finishers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete floor at grade Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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