OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14235675
EYE,PPE,ELEC UTILITY WORK,FLYING OBJECT,TRANSFORMER,PRESSURE RELEASE
Event description
TRANSFORMER COVER BLEW INTO FACE OF EMPLOYEE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS LOOSENING A NUT AND BOLT WHICH SECURED THE RETAINING RING FOR A COVER ON A 10-KILOVOLT TRANSFORMER. THE BOLT AND NUT WERE LOOSENED WITH AN AIR W RENCH. THE EMPLOYEE PRIED THE BLADE OF A SCREWDRIVER BETWEEN THE COVER AND BASE TO BREAK THE SEAL AND RELIEVE THE PRESSURE INSIDE THE TRANSFORMER. BLOWN OFF BY THE PRESSURE, THE COVER STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE'S FACE. THE INSULATOR ON TOP OF THE COVER BROKE HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND HIT HIS EYE.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 8
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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