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Accident Summary Nr: 87046.015 - Employee is electrocuted by contact with transformer and is

Accident Summary Nr: 87046.015 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 07/24/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1164201.015	07/24/2016		221122	Centerpoint Energy Houston Electric, Llc

Abstract: At 9:30 p.m. on July 24, 2016, an employee was preparing to connect a residential drop cable to a transformer. At some point, the employee made contact with the secondary bushings resulting in an electric shock. A journeyman located in an adjacent yard observed the employee slumped over the transformer and went over the fence to remove the employee from the 240 volt transformer. The employee was transported to the hospital where he later died.

Keywords: Electrical, Electrocuted, Transformer Vault

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1164201.015	32	M	Fatality		Electricians' apprentices

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