OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14348718
TRIO ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING CO., INC.
BIRMINGHAM, AL·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH CONDUCTOR THRU HAND TOOL
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS CONNECTING A LIGHTING FIXTURE TO BUILDING WIRING. THE LIGHTING C WING FROM HIS RIGHT HAND TO THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS BODY, WHERE HE WAS IN CONTACT W ITH THE METAL DUCT. HE WAS ELECTROCUTED. IRCUIT WAS ENERGIZED AND WAS CONTROLLED BY A SWITCH ON THE WALL OF THE ROOM WHER E THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING. THE 277-VOLT LIGHTING CIRCUIT WAS PROTECTED BY A 20- AMPERE CIRCUIT BREAKER LOCATED IN ANOTHER ROOM. THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING FROM A WOODEN STEPLADDER. HE WAS APPARENTLY WEDGED BETWEEN A METAL DUCT AND THE METAL L IGHTING FIXTURE FRAME IN THE CEILING. HE HAD CONNECTED THE GROUNDING CONDUCTOR A ND THE GROUNDED CIRCUIT CONDUCTOR AND WAS ABOUT TO CONNECT THE UNGROUNDED CIRCUI T CONDUCTOR. HE TOOK HIS PLIERS TO STRIP THE INSULATION FROM THIS CONDUCTOR. IN STRIPPING THE INSULATION, HE CONTACTED THE ENERGIZED CONDUCTOR, WITH CURRENT FLO
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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