OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14214324
SCRUGGS INC
KNOXVILLE, TN·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK & BURN - DIRECT CONTACT WITH LIVE PARTS
Investigation abstract
AN ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT REPAIRER HAD SERVICED A 240-VOLT LITTON COMMERCIAL MICRO WAVE OVEN (MODEL NUMBER 70-80), AND HE WAS PERFORMING A HIGH VOLTAGE TEST ON IT. HE WAS USING A NEW EMCO PHV-1 HIGH VOLTAGE PROBE THAT HAD BEEN PURCHASED BY THE EMPLOYER 1 OR 2 DAYS EARLIER. THE REPAIRER WAS WORKING ALONE, BUT THERE WAS ANO THER EMPLOYEE IN THE VICINITY. THE REPAIRER MADE TWO ATTEMPTS TO MEASURE VOLTAGE , BUT THE METER DID NOT REGISTER ANY VOLTAGE. ON THE THIRD ATTEMPT, HE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK AND YELLED TO HIS COWORKER TO "GET ME OFF OF THIS". THE EMPLOY EE RECEIVED BURNS ON BOTH HANDS; HE HAD BEEN HOLDING THE GROUNDED METER IN HIS R IGHT HAND AND HAD APPARENTLY CONTACTED AN ENERGIZED PART WITH HIS LEFT HAND.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 523
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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