Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201354248 - Drywall Installer Is Electrocuted

Accident Summary Nr: 201354248 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 09/27/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315480392	09/28/2011	1742	238310	Gmb Construction Services, Llc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315480384	09/28/2011	1731	238210	Peaden, Llc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315480301	09/28/2011	1742	238310	Monroe Drywall Construction, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315480400	09/28/2011	1542	236220	The Hatch Group, Llc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315480418	09/30/2011	1731	238210	Jerry Pybus Electric, Inc.

Abstract: 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

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$250,000 to $500,000	1	20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	315480392			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
2	315480384			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
3	315480301	Fatality	Electric Shock	Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source
4	315480400			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
5	315480418			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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