OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14314488
E GI IV,ELECTRICAL,ELECTRICIAN,ELECTROCUTED,PANELBOARD,ELECTRICAL WORK,LOCKOUT,ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED CONDUCTORS
Investigation abstract
AN ELECTRICIAN HAD COMPLETED REPLACEMENT OF A DEFECTIVE CIRCUIT BREAKER IN A MAI N FEEDER PANEL. HE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH THE THREE-PHASE PANELBOARD ENERGIZED. W HEN HE WAS REQUESTED TO REINSTALL THE COVER ON THE PANELBOARD, HE STATED THAT HE WOULD PERFORM THAT TASK ON ANOTHER DAY. HE ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS NO DANGER . HE THEN DEMONSTRATED HIS POINT BY GRABBING THE TWO OUTSIDE 480-VOLT PHASE COND UCTORS, ONE IN EACH HAND. HE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 575
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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