OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14206353
ROSEBURG LUMBER CO INC
COQUILLE, OR·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN ELECTRIC HOIST
Investigation abstract
TWO MACHINE OPERATORS WERE MOVING A SCISSOR LIFT FORWARD, CHANGING THE SPREADER FROM 5 PLY TO 3 PLY. THE FRAME OF THE REAR HOIST ON THE LIFT, WHICH WAS NOT GROU NDED, HAD BEEN ENERGIZED BY A GROUND FAULT. BOTH EMPLOYEES GRABBED THE REAR HOIS T AND THEN THE FRONT HOIST, WHICH WAS GROUNDED. BOTH EMPLOYEES RECEIVED ELECTRIC SHOCKS. ONE OF THEM FELL FREE OF THE HOIST AND WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE O THER UNFORTUNATELY WAS FROZEN TO THE HOIST LONGER AND WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS. T WO COWORKERS ATTEMPTED CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION, BUT TO NO AVAIL; THE SECON D INJURED EMPLOYEE DIED OF ELECTROCUTION.
Victims (2)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 753
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 753
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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