OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14330617
E GI II,ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,ELECTRICAL,ELECTRICAL TESTING,ELECTROCUTED,ELECTRONIC TECHNICN,TEST EQUIPMENT
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
An employee was testing the 9000-volt dc output from a satellite communications supply. His supervisor was manually increasing the voltage with a rheostat-type variac when he noticed that the needle on the voltmeter was not working. The sup ervisor yelled to the employee, who was reading his electrostatic voltmeter, to check the voltage adjustment rod or to see if the temporary high-voltage lead wa s connected. Either the employee contacted live parts, or the voltmeter failed. The employee was electrocuted. The employee's belt buckle had apparently been in contact with a grounded metal screw. A burn mark was found on the belt buckle, the metal screw, and behind and under the voltmeter.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 523
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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