OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14336168
ELECTRICAL,CPR,E GI VII,ELECTROCUTED,ELECTRIC SAW,GROUND FAULT,EQUIPMENT GROUNDING,ELECTRIC SHOCK
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - PROBABLE GROUND FAULT IN MEAT SAW
Investigation abstract
A 21-YEAR-OLD EMPLOYEE WAS LEANING DOWN BETWEEN TWO STAINLESS STEEL MEAT SAWS AN T SAWS AFTER THE ACCIDENT. D A STAINLESS STEEL TABLE TO TAPE THE LEGS OF THE OF THE TWO MEAT SAWS TOGETHER. HE RAISED UP SLIGHTLY AND FELL BACKWARDS, WHERE ONE OF THE MEAT SAW OPERATORS C AUGHT HIM. THE EMPLOYEE WAS UNCONSCIOUS AND DID NOT RESPOND TO CARDIO-PULMONARY RESUSCITATION TREATMENT. HE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL IN FULL CARDIAC ARREST AND PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL BY THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN. THE CAUSE OF DEATH W AS NOT DETERMINED BY AN AUTOPSY. (BLOOD AND URINE SAMPLES HAD NOT YET BEEN ANALY ZED AT THE TIME THE REPORT WAS FILED.) HOWEVER, CONFIDENTIAL INTERVIEWS REVEALED THAT ONE OTHER EMPLOYEE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK FROM ONE OF THE 120-VOLT MEA
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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