OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14346258
RECEPTACLE,ELECTRICAL,REVERSE POLARITY,CORD SET,ELECTROCUTED,ELECTRIC SAW,E C,GROUND FAULT
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN ELECTRIC SAW
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN ELECTRIC SAW. THE SAW, WHICH HAD A METAL FRAME, WAS PLU GGED INTO AN EXTENSION CORD SET. THE CORD SET WAS, IN TURN, CONNECTED TO A RECEP TACLE THAT HAD ITS POLARITY REVERSED. THE SAW DEVELOPED A GROUND FAULT, WHICH EN ERGIZED ITS FRAME. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN HE HELD THE SAW AND A GROU NDED COPPER PIPE AT THE SAME TIME.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 21
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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