Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 127614.015 - Employee suffers electric shock/burns causing fall from step

Accident Summary Nr: 127614.015 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 07/07/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1482541.015	07/09/2020		238210	Elite Power Llc

Abstract: At 5:00 p.m. on July 7, 2020, Employee #1 was working for an electrical contractor. Employee #1 was attempting to install a light fixture. Employee #1 did not verify the power to the light fixture was off before he started stripping the wires for the installation of the new light. Employee #1 received an electric shock which caused him to fall from the step ladder. Employee #1 suffered electrical burns to his fingers in addition to head and neck trauma from the fall from the ladder. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Burn, Electric Shock, Electrical, Electrical Burn, Electrical Wire, Elevated, Energized, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Head, Installing, Ladder, Lighting, Lighting Circuit, Lighting Fixture, Neck, Shock, Skull, Stepladder, Traumatic, Traumatic Brain Injury

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
		Alteration or rehabilitation			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1482541.015	29	M	Hospitalized injury		Electricians' apprentices

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