OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14332811
BAGBY ELECTRIC COMPANY
ATLANTA, GA·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN SWITCH BOX
Investigation abstract
AN ELECTRICIAN'S HELPER, WORKING ALONE, HAD BEEN ASSIGNED TO INSTALL TWO JUNCTIO N BOXES ON WALLS DURING AN OFFICE RENOVATION. THE EMPLOYEE WAS NOT EXPECTED TO P ERFORM ANY WIRING DURING THIS TASK. HOWEVER, THE EMPLOYEE BEGAN TO DISCONNECT A SWITCH BOX THAT WAS SUSPENDED FROM A CEILING, APPARENTLY TO RETRIEVE THE BOX FOR USE IN ONE OF THE NEW LOCATIONS. THE CIRCUIT FOR THE BOX WAS STILL ENERGIZED, B UT THE EMPLOYEE MAY HAVE THOUGHT THAT THE BOX WAS CONNECTED TO A CIRCUIT THAT HA D BEEN DEENERGIZED. AS HE PULLED THE METAL-CLAD CABLE OUT OF THE BOX, ONE OF THE CIRCUIT CONDUCTORS CONTACTED THE METAL BOX. THE EMPLOYEE HAD THE GROUNDED CABLE IN ONE HAND AND THE ENERGIZED BOX IN THE OTHER, AND HE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 576
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 2
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