OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14264469
E GI III,ELECTRICAL,ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR,ELECTRIC SHOCK,HAND TOOL
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS THRU HAND TOOL
Investigation abstract
A PLASTERER WAS WORKING IN THE BASEMENT OF A COURTHOUSE, SMOOTHING AND TEXTURING FRESH PLASTER THAT HAD BEEN APPLIED TO THE CEILING. THE CEILING WAS ABOUT 20 FE ET WIDE AND 40 FEET LONG. THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A 7-FOOT-HIGH SCAFFOLD. T HE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CEILING, SMOOTHING THE PLASTER, WHEN HE CONTACTED SOME 120-VOLT ELECTRICAL WIRING WITH THE TROWEL HE WAS USING. THE ELECTRIC SHOCK KNOCKED HIM TO THE SCAFFOLD PLANKING. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS TREATED FOR ELECTRIC SHOCK AND RELEASED.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 584
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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