FRASER - MORRIS ELECTRIC CO.

ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS

AN ELECTRICIAN WAS CALLED TO REMOVE SOME ENERGIZED CONDUCTORS THAT WERE ENCOUNTE RED BY SOME CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WHO WERE PERFORMING REMODELING WORK. THE ELECTR ICIAN FOUND THE CONDUCTORS, WHICH WERE PART OF A LIGHTING CIRCUIT THAT HAD NOT B EEN DEENERGIZED. THE EMPLOYEE PULLED THE CONDUCTORS BACK THROUGH THE CONDUIT TO THE JUNCTION BOX, WHERE HE INTENDED TO CAP THE THEM. HE HAD NOT DEENERGIZED THE CONDUCTORS, HOWEVER. HE CUT THE CONDUCTORS; AND, WHEN HE BEGAN TO STRIP INSULATI ON FROM THEM, HE CONTACTED A METAL EDGE. HE WAS ELECTROCUTED.