OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14397244
FOSTER ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
AUSTIN, TX·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK & FALL - CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
An electrician was working alone on the second floor of a multistory building un der construction. He was assigned to check the wiring on permanent fluorescent l ighting fixtures. He was found lying on the floor about 30 minutes later. The st ep ladder he was using had a broken leg and was on its side, up against the fram ework of the building. The employee died the next day from the fractured skull h e received as a result of the fall. Although the lighting circuit was supposedly deenergized, electrical burns were found on the employee's left hand. (The exac t cause of the accident could not be determined.)
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 575
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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