OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14298145
FUSE,ELECTRICAL,E GI VII,HEARING LOSS,NOISE,ELECTRICAL BOX,ELECTRICAL FAULT
Event description
HEARING LOSS - ELECTRICAL FAULT IN FUSE BOX
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A DEBARKING MACHINE FROM A STEEL AND GLASS BOOTH. THE BOOTH WAS 56 INCHES WIDE BY 60 INCHES LONG BY 88 INCHES HIGH. INSIDE THE BOOTH, THERE WAS A 480-VOLT, 3-PHASE FUSE BOX HOUSING THREE 60-AMPERE FUSES. ONE OF THE THREE FUSES EITHER OPENED OR CAME LOOSE AND TOUCHED ANOTHER FUSE, CAUSING AN EL ECTRICAL EXPLOSION WITHIN THE FUSE BOX. THE MACHINE OPERATOR, WHO WAS WEARING EA R PLUGS, WAS WORKING ONLY 1 FOOT AWAY FROM THE BOX. THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A LOSS OF HEARING AS A RESULT OF THE EXPLOSION. HE WAS NOT HOSPITALIZED FOR THIS INJUR Y.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 14
- Part of body
- 6
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 733
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 16
- Task assigned
- 1
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