OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14243331
SCOTT PAPER COMPANY
TINICUM, PA·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED CONDUCTOR THRU TOOL
Investigation abstract
An apprentice electrician was working from a 1.8-meter-tall (6-foot-tall) ladder . The top half of his body was above the tile ceiling in a space about 305 milli meters (1 foot) wide. The upper part of his left arm was touching a sheet metal duct, and he was holding wire strippers in his right hand. The wire strippers co ntacted an energized conductor, and the employee was electrocuted.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 17 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 576
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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