OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1001551

ELEC INSULATION,ELECTRICAL,E GI VII,ELECTROCUTED,GROUND FAULT,EQUIPMENT GROUNDING,ELECTRIC CORD,ELECTRIC LIGHT--PORT,WATER

1986-07-14T00:00:00

Event: ELEC INSULATION,ELECTRICAL,E GI VII,ELECTROCUTED,GROUND FAULT,EQUIPMENT GROUNDING,ELECTRIC CORD,ELECTRIC LIGHT--PORT,WATER
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 1001551
Report ID: 751910

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS

Investigation abstract

An employee at a pre-mix concrete plant was using a jackhammer and water hoses t o remove a build up of concrete from the inside of a mixing drum. He was standin g in the drum's steel chute, putting a drop light into the drum. As he was doing this, he was electrocuted, apparently by a ground fault in the portable light o r by a bare spot on the light's cord.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 30 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
5

Event type
10

Source
21

Occupation code
804

Human factor
13

Environmental factor
18

Hazardous substance
8870

Task assigned
2

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