OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14346936
E GI III,RECEPTACLE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,ATTACHMENT PLUG,ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH LIVE PARTS THRU GROUND CABLE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING THE LAST GROUNDING CABLE FOR A LIGHTNING PROTECTION S YSTEM FOR A BARN. AN ALUMINUM LADDER, PARTIALLY SUNK INTO MUD, WAS LEANING AGAIN ST THE BARN. THERE WAS AN EXTENSION CORD SET PLUGGED INTO A RECEPTACLE OUTLET BO X ON THIS SIDE OF THE BARN. THE ATTACHMENT PLUG FOR THE CORD SET, WHICH WAS CONN ECTED TO AN ELECTRIC DRILL THAT WAS BEING USED ON THE JOB, WAS NOT FULLY INSERTE D INTO THE RECEPTACLE. HOLDING THE BARE COPPER GROUNDING CABLE IN HIS LEFT HAND, THE EMPLOYEE CLIMBED THE LADDER. AS HE WAS CLIMBING, THE CABLE CONTACTED THE EX POSED BLADES OF THE CORD SET'S PLUG, AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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