HEYMANN CONST CO

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH LIVE PARTS THROUGH EQUIPMENT

WORKING FROM A MOBILE SCAFFOLD, AN EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING CEILING TILE AND LIGHTI NG FIXTURES FROM A SUSPENDED CEILING. AN ELECTRICIAN WAS NOT AVAILABLE BUT HAD B EEN REQUESTED BY THE EMPLOYEE. HIS SUPERVISOR INSTRUCTED HIM TO FIND AN ELECTRIC IAN HIMSELF, BUT THE EMPLOYEE COULD NOT FIND ONE. THE EMPLOYEE CUT INTO THE ENER GIZED CONDUCTORS (277 VOLTS) WITH PLIERS, SO THAT HE COULD REMOVE THE FIXTURES. HE HAD REMOVED THE TILE AND FIXTURES BY THIS PROCEDURE THE DAY BEFORE AND HAD EX PLAINED THIS TO HIS SUPERVISOR. THIS TIME, USING THE SAME PROCEDURE, THE EMPLOYE E CUT THE WHITE CONDUCTOR ON A FIXTURE AND THE LIGHT WENT OUT. HE THEN CUT THE B LACK CONDUCTOR, ACCORDING TO A CO-WORKER, AND WAS ELECTROCUTED AS HE STOOD AND L EANED AGAINST THE SUSPENDED CEILING GRIDWORK. HE WAS LOWERED TO THE FLOOR, AND C ARDIO-PULMONARY RESUSCITATION WAS APPLIED WITHOUT SUCCESS.