OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14327860
E GI IV,ELECTRICAL,ELECTRIC CABLE,ELECTROCUTED,ELECTRICAL WORK,LOCKOUT,HAND TOOL
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED CONDUCTOR THRU TOOL
Investigation abstract
An employee was assigned the task of removing an electric cable. His supervisor told him to check the conductors to make sure they were not energized before rem oving the cable. Without checking whether the 277-volt conductors were energized , the employee cut into the cable with a pair of wire cutters. The cable was ene rgized, and the employee was electrocuted.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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