Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202339685 - Employee injured in fall from ladder after electric shock

Accident Summary Nr: 202339685 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 08/28/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306906546	08/28/2003	1731	238210	Bowen Electric Service, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, an electrician, was on a 10 ft tall fiberglass stepladder, using a voltage meter to check roughed-in wiring from a wall switch to a ceiling light. The meter gave him a false reading and he received an electric shock that caused him to fall approximately 8 ft to the ground. Employee #1 suffered from blood clots in his lung and leg, for which he was hospitalized. The false reading he received from the voltage meter was verified by a digital meter.

Keywords: BLOOD CLOT, LUNG, STEPLADDER, CONSTRUCTION, TEST EQUIPMENT, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRIC SHOCK, FALL, MECH MALFUNCTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306906546			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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