OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14243927
E GI II,ELECTRICAL,ELECTRICIAN,ELECTROCUTED,PANELBOARD,ELECTRICAL WORK,LOCKOUT,ELEC CIRC PART--MISC
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS TESTING ENERGIZED ELECTRIC CIRCUITS IN AN ELECTRICAL CABINET. TH ELECTROCUTED. E EMPLOYEE WAS NOT USING ELECTRICAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AS THE USE OF PROTECTIV E EQUIPMENT WAS NOT REQUIRED BY HIS EMPLOYER. OF SIX CIRCUITS TO BE INSPECTED, F IVE HAD BEEN COMPLETED, AND THE LAST WAS BEING TESTED. THE FIVE PREVIOUSLY TESTE D CIRCUITS WERE TURNED "OFF". HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF A WIRING ERROR, THE FIFTH CIRC UIT WAS ENERGIZED WHILE THE SIXTH CIRCUIT WAS ENERGIZED. THE EMPLOYEE ASSUMED TH AT THE FIFTH CIRCUIT WAS DEENERGIZED, BUT HE HAD ONLY TESTED THE FIRST TWO OF TH E DEENERGIZED CIRCUITS TO ENSURE THAT THEY WERE IN FACT DEENERGIZED. WHILE HE WA S TESTING THE LAST CIRCUIT, HE ACCIDENTALLY CONTACTED THE FIFTH CIRCUIT AND WAS
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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