OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14319503

STRUCTURAL MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED

HOLTWOOD, PA· 1987-10-12T00:00:00

Event: ELECTRICAL, ELECTRIC SWITCH, ELECTROCUTED, LOCKOUT, WOOD PANEL, SUBSTATION, ELEC UTILITY WORK, UNTRAINED, E GI IC
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #100383850
Employer profile: STRUCTURAL MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED
Summary number: 14319503
Report ID: 316700

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS THRU PLYWOOD

Investigation abstract

An employee was building a catch platform in a substation for an electric power generation plant. As he was carrying a piece of plywood, it contacted an insulat or for a 33-kilovolt air-break switch. The employee was electrocuted.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 34 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
29

Event type
13

Source
15

Occupation code
588

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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