OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14234454
E GI IV,ELECTRICAL,ELECTRIC SWITCH,ELECTROCUTED,ELECTRICAL WORK,LOCKOUT
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR IN A TEXTURE MACHINE AT A BRICK MAN UFACTURING PLANT. THE DISCONNECTING MEANS FOR THE MOTOR WAS NOT DEENERGIZED AT T HE TIME. A SECOND EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS ASSISTING IN THE INSTALLATION, STATED THAT T HEY CHECKED THE SWITCH BOX FROM A DISTANCE BEFORE STARTING WORK AND THAT THE SWI TCH APPEARED TO BE IN THE OPEN POSITION. THE SWITCH (WESTINGHOUSE SERIAL NUMBER C46-351) WAS SPRING LOADED AND WAS NOT IN THE FULL OPEN POSITION. THE FIRST EMPL OYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN HE CONTACTED ENERGIZED PARTS.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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