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Accident: 201354248 - Drywall Installer Is Electrocuted

Accident: 201354248 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 09/27/2011
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
31548040009/28/20111542The Hatch Group, Llc
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
31548041809/30/20111731Jerry Pybus Electric, Inc.
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
31548030109/28/20111742Monroe Drywall Construction, Inc.
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
31548038409/28/20111731Peaden, Llc
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
31548039209/28/20111742Gmb Construction Services, Llc
On September 27, 2011, Employee #1 was in a store being remodeled, clearing an area to stack drywall sheets. He was electrocuted when he contacted an energized 480 volt wire that was protruding from a conduit on an adjacent wall. The conduit had been broken during the demolition of an existing wall ten days prior to the incident. The end of the wire had been capped with a wire nut, and the circuit breaker had been turned off; however, the breaker had not been locked out or secured.
Keywords: demolition, conduit, electric cable, electrocuted, construction, circuit breaker
End Use Proj Type Proj Cost Stories NonBldgHt Fatality
Commercial building Alteration or rehabilitation $250,000 to $500,000 1 20 X
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation Construction
1 315480400 Occupation not reported FallDist:
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2 315480418 Occupation not reported FallDist:
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3 315480301 Fatality Electric Shock Drywall installers FallDist:
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Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors
FatCause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source
4 315480384 Occupation not reported FallDist:
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5 315480392 Occupation not reported FallDist:
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