Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 90924.015 - Employee is electrocuted while removing ballast from a live

Accident Summary Nr: 90924.015 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 08/10/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1169137.015	08/11/2016		238210	J L & S Electrical Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on August 10, 2016, an employee was removing ballast from an existing energized light fixture. The employee made contact with a live wire and was killed.

Keywords: Ballast--Lighting, Electrical, Electrocuted

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1169137.015	21	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause:

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