OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14340392
ELECTRICAL,CPR,E GI VII,ELECTROCUTED,GROUND FAULT,EQUIPMENT GROUNDING,ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISC
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS PASSING BETWEEN A PLASTIC SHEET WINDING MACHINE AND A BUILDING C OLUMN. THE 120-VOLT WINDING MACHINE HAD A GROUND FAULT AND AN OPEN GROUNDING CON DUCTOR. THE STEEL COLUMN HAD GROUNDED ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT MOUNTED ON ITS SURFACE. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS SWEATING, WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN HE CONTACTED THE MACHINE AND THE COLUMN AT THE SAME TIME. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PERFORMED CPR ON THE INJURED E MPLOYEE. WHEN THAT DID NOT REVIVE HIM, TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE INJURED EMPLOYEE. THEY LIFTED HIM; AND, WHEN THEY CONTACTED THE WINDING MACHINE , THEY RECEIVED ELECTRIC SHOCKS. VARIOUS EMPLOYEES HAD COMPLAINED OF RECEIVING E LECTRIC SHOCKS FROM THE MACHINE FOR AT LEAST 3 WEEKS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 633
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 22
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 725
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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