OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14515530
LIGHTING CIRCUIT,ELECTRICAL,ELECTRICIAN,LADDER,CONSTRUCTION,ELECTRICAL WORK,E C,ELECTRIC SHOCK,FALL
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK AND FALL - DIRECT CONTACT WITH LIVE CONDUCTOR
Investigation abstract
AN ELECTRICIAN'S HELPER WAS CONNECTING AN EXIT LIGHT IN A 9-STORY OFFICE BUILDIN G UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE LIGHT FOR THE EXIT SIGN WAS CONNECTED TO AN EMERGENCY LIGHTING CIRCUIT ON THE 4TH FLOOR. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE STRIPPED INSULATION FROM TH E ENERGIZED 277-VOLT WIRE, HE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK AND WAS KNOCKED BACKWAR DS OFF THE 6TH STEP OF AN 8-FOOT WOODEN STEP LADDER. HE LANDED ON THE BACK OF HI S HEAD ON THE CEMENT FLOOR AND DIED AS A RESULT OF THE INJURIES SUSTAINED IN THE FALL.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 576
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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