Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123467.015 - Employee contacts exposed live wire and is electrocuted

Accident Summary Nr: 123467.015 -- Report ID: 0257260 -- Event Date: 01/23/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1457797.015	01/23/2020		236210	Anibal Reyes Chevere

Abstract: At 1:15 p.m. on January 23, 2020, Employee #1 was working at a multiemployer construction project, the renovation of a commercial structure. He was working from a boom cage and repairing gypsum board when, for unknown reasons, he exited the cage. He was found 25 feet away, electrocuted when his left ankle made contact with an exposed live wire that was carrying 2,400 volts of electricity.

Keywords: Ankle, Backhoe Boom, Construction, Contact, Electric current, Electrocuted, Energized, Personnel Cage, Repair, Unguarded Live Parts

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation			3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1457797.015	29	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause:

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