OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14201628
THE PITT STOP
PITTSVILLE, MD·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH LIVE PARTS THRU SPONGE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING A KITCHEN IN PREPARATION FOR A HEALTH DEPARTMENT INSPEC GHT FOOT. SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM OF A LOCAL HOSPITAL AND RELEASED A SHORT TIME LATER. SHE RETURNED TO WORK THE FOLLOWING DAY. TION. SHE WAS STANDING ON A WET FLOOR THAT SHE HAD JUST SCRUBBED AND WAS WIPING THE TOP OF A DOUBLE DUPLEX RECEPTACLE OUTLET BOX WITH A WET SPONGE. FOUR ATTACHM ENT PLUGS WERE PLUGGED INTO THE 20-AMPERE, 120-VOLT RECEPTACLES MOUNTED IN THE B OX. ONE OF THE PLUGS HAD NOT BEEN INSERTED COMPLETELY, AND THERE WAS A RESULTANT GAP OF ABOUT 3/16 INCH BETWEEN THE FACE OF THE PLUG AND THE RECEPTACLE. WHILE T HE EMPLOYEE WAS WIPING THE TOP OF THE BOX, THE WET SPONGE CONTACTED ONE OF THE B LADES ON THE LOOSE ATTACHMENT PLUG. THE CURRENT ENTERED THROUGH HER RIGHT HAND A ND EXITED ON THE OUTSIDE OF HER RIGHT FOOT. SHE SUFFERED A SLIGHT BURN ON HER RI
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 18 F
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 7
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 437
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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