Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 147171.015 - Employee is shocked while installing water dispenser, later

Accident Summary Nr: 147171.015 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 06/17/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1603313.015	06/21/2022		236220	Nortex Gc Inc

Abstract: At 4:30 p.m. on June 17, 2022, an employee was installing a face plate for an electrical switch on the wall in a breakroom. The employee was installing an Insta-Hot on a 277 volt energized circuit using a non-insulted stripper cutter. The employee was shocked and burned both hands as a result. The employer had the employee transported to the hospital, where he later died.

Keywords: Burn, Construction, Electric Shock, Electrical, Electrical Burn, Electrocuted, Energized, Hand, Hand Tool, Installing, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Shock, Water Heater

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Other					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1603313.015	32	M	Fatality

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