OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14302368
BURN,ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,E GI IV,ELECTRICAL,CPR,ELECTRICIAN,ELECTRICAL WORK,LOCKOUT,ELECTRIC SHOCK
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
A RETIRED MASTER ELECTRICIAN WORKING PART TIME AS A MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIAN IN A ITH HIS RIGHT ARM. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK. HE WAS BURNED ON HIS RIGHT ARM AND BURN MARKS ON BOTH FEET. HE ALSO HAD POSSIBLE INTERNAL INJURIES A ND STOPPED BREATHING. PULMONARY RESUSCITATION WAS ADMINISTERED, AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS REVIVED. THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR SEVERAL DAYS. MANUFACTURING PLANT WAS HELPING AN APPRENTICE ELECTRICIAN TO REPAIR A LEPEL HIG H-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC GENERATOR FOR AN AUTOMATIC INDUCTION BRAZING MACHINE. AFTER S EVERAL HOURS OF TESTING AND TROUBLESHOOTING, THE ENCLOSURE ACCESS PANEL WAS REMO VED, AND THE ELECTRICAL INTERLOCKS WERE BYPASSED. THE GENERATOR WAS ENERGIZED AT 480 VOLTS AC MAIN POWER AT THE TIME. THE ELECTRICIAN WAS REPLACING A 5-VOLT REL AY INSIDE THE GENERATOR ENCLOSURE, DIRECTLY BELOW AN ENERGIZED 12-KILOVOLT DC TE RMINAL BLOCK. THE ELECTRICIAN, WHO WAS STANDING PARALLEL TO THE GENERATOR IN A 3 6-INCH-WIDE WORK SPACE, CONTACTED (OR CAME TOO CLOSE TO) THE DC TERMINAL BLOCK W
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 67 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 575
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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