Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 148882.015 - Employee is electrocuted while changing light fixtures

Accident Summary Nr: 148882.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 08/16/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1615218.015	08/17/2022		238210	Southeast Electrical Corporation

Abstract: At 4:30 a.m. on August 16, 2022, an employee was removing overhead fluorescent light fixtures and replacing them with motion activated LED fixtures. The employee was working from a scissor lift in the raised position but it was blocking access to an aisle. A coworker was asked to move the scissor lift so he lowered the lift from the ground controls and found the employee unresponsive on the platform. The employee had been electrocuted by contact with live electrical wires.

Keywords: Contact, Electrical Wire, Electrocuted, Energized, Installing, Lighting Fixture, Scissor lift, Unresponsive

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1615218.015	36	M	Fatality		Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause:

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