Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Project for New Jersey: Electrical Helper Electrocuted After Contacting 460 Volts While Servicing an Overhead Light Fixture.

摘要

On August 1, 1995, a 36-year-old electricians helper was electrocuted after cutting an electrical wire carrying 460 volts. The incident occurred in a retail store fitting room where the victim and a co-worker were replacing the overhead flourescent light tubes and ballast transformers. The victim had set up a fiberglass ladder in a fitting room and was standing on it as he cut a wire with an insulated wire cutter. As he cut the live wire, he contacted the energized metal cutter while leaning against the grounded metal fitting room door frame. A co-worker saw the victim being shocked and broke the contact by clipping the wire, at which time the victim collapsed against the door frame.