OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14335889
ACME ENGINEERING CO INC
Manchester, NH·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WHO HAD BEEN WORKING FOR A COMPANY FOR 4.5 YEARS WAS BEING TRAINED A S A SURVEYING RODMAN. HE FELT ILL WHEN HE REPORTED TO WORK AND STAYED IN THE TRU CK DURING THE MORNING. AFTER LUNCH, HE SAID HE FELT BETTER AND WAS ASSIGNED THE TASKS OF PLACING SAFETY CONES AND OF GETTING THE ROD READY FOR SURVEYING. FOR RE ASONS PRESUMABLY UNRELATED TO THE TASKS HE WAS ASSIGNED, THE EMPLOYEE WALKED INT O THE BUSHES AND CLIMBED INTO AN ELECTRIC POWER STATION THAT WAS 217 FEET FROM T HE ROAD. HE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 218
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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