Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202288312 - electric shock - contact with energized conductor thru tool

Accident Summary Nr: 202288312 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 08/04/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109203356	08/04/1998	1731	0	S.J. Pinnacle Lighting Management, Inc.

Abstract: An apprentice electrician was replacing ballasts on fluorescent lighting fixtures in a supermarket. He had not deenergized the lighting circuit. He was kneeling on the top of a refrigerated display case. As he stripped insulation from the end of a conductor with wire strippers, which had plastic grips, he was electrocuted.

Keywords: BALLAST--LIGHTING, LIGHTING CIRCUIT, E GI IV, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRICIAN, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRICAL WORK, LOCKOUT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	109203356			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electricians' apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Electrocution from equipment installation/tool use

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