OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14342364
ELEC INSULATION,RECEPTACLE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,ELECTRIC SAW,E C,GROUND FAULT,EQUIPMENT GROUNDING,ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN RECEPTACLE OUTLET
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PORTABLE ELECTRIC CRAFTSMAN SABER SAW. THE SAW WAS PLUGG ED INTO A 15-AMPERE, 120-VOLT, WALL-MOUNTED RECEPTACLE. THE CONDUCTORS FEEDING T HE RECEPTACLE HAD HAD EXCESSIVE INSULATION REMOVED FROM THEM. AS A RESULT, THE U NGROUNDED CIRCUIT CONDUCTOR HAD CONTACTED THE EXPOSED GROUNDING TERMINAL WITHIN THE OUTLET BOX. THIS ENERGIZED THE GROUNDING CONDUCTOR AND THE FRAME OF THE ELEC TRIC SAW. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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