OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14290324
E GI V,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,UNGUARDED LIVE PARTS,ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR,ELECTRICAL BOX,ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISC
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH LIVE PARTS
Investigation abstract
A STORE MANAGER AND AN EMPLOYEE HAD JUST INSTALLED A DRUM IN A VIC DRYER (SERIAL D THAT THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS ELECTROCUTION. NO. 71107310-1), AND IT WAS MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE. THEY WERE TRYING TO DETERM INE WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE DRYER, AND THEY WERE BETWEEN IT AND A VIC WASHER (SE RIAL NO. 7210154-1). CONDUCTORS WERE HANGING OUT OF A JUNCTION BOX ON THE REAR O F THE DRYER. THE STORE MANAGER HAD TO GO TO THE FRONT OF THE STORE FOR A FEW MOM ENTS AND LEFT THE EMPLOYEE ALONE. A LITTLE WHILE LATER, THE MANAGER HEARD A YELL . WHEN HE WENT TO INVESTIGATE, THE MANAGER FOUND THE EMPLOYEE SITTING ON THE FLO OR BETWEEN THE TWO MACHINES WITH HIS BACK AGAINST THE WALL. THE EMPLOYEE WAS DEA D. HE HAD A BURN MARK ON HIS RIGHT DORSAL FOREARM. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER CONCLUDE
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 69 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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