Apprentice Electrician Electrocuted: FACE 89-50

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A 23 year old male apprentice electrician was electrocuted while making a connection for a light fixture in a junction box. The employer was an electrical contractor with 40 employees. The company had a designated part time safety officer, but no written safety program. The victim had worked for the company for about 2 years. Wiring and fixtures were being installed in an office complex. At the time of the incident the victim was wiring in a light fixture at a junction box and was in contact with the gridwork. During the work he received a shock, came down from the fiberglass ladder, asked that the power be cut and collapsed. Coworkers started cardiopulmonary resuscitation immediately. Due to a mixup concerning the location of the accident scene, it was 20 minutes before rescue workers reached the victim. He was pronounced dead at the local hospital. Investigation indicated that two neutral conductors in the same conduit run had been cross wired at a junction box ; this allowed electricity to flow from a live circuit through a light fixture to the circuit on which the victim was working. It is recommended that employers limit panel box access to electricians and lock or tag out circuits being actively worked on, that all conductors in the immediate work area be tested by the worker to verify that they are deenergized before starting to work, and that wiring done by apprentice electricians be checked by a journeyman.
• Content Notes:
  Publication date provided by the authoring office. There is no publication date indicated on the resource.
• Subjects:
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Construction Industry
  • Electric Injuries
  • Electricity
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • FACE-89-50
  • OSHA Region 4
  • Accident-analysis
  • Safety-research
  • Electrical-workers
  • Electrical-hazards
  • Electrical-shock
  • Construction-Search
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Electrocution
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  NIOSH (In-House) ; Worker Deaths by Electrocution: NIOSH 2000-115 ; Worker Deaths by Electrocution: NIOSH 98-131
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFACE8950
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Tennessee ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pages
• Volume:
  1989
• Issue:
  50
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00199722
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB91-227447
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 89-50, 1990 Jan ; :1-7
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1990
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1989/08/23
• Resource Number:
  FACE 89-50
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/164359/cdc_164359_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 291.43 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:faa7819d0edaaefb90b75fa6daa39a020aea388a002266cf8504d29db506ae04ce0f3885ee62790dc51bf181a0a6a0cb65f1a4e30f2c8f8ec3ba656e301a68a9