OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14348791
E GI V,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,ATTACHMENT PLUG,ELECTRIC CORD
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PLUG
Investigation abstract
A MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A HYDRAULIC CYLINDER ON THE BOOM OF A PACK- CYLINDER INTO PLACE. THE MOVEMENTS OF HIS BODY OVER THE CORD CAUSED THE TWIST-L OCK ATTACHMENT PLUG TO BECOME DISCONNECTED. THE ENERGIZED ATTACHMENT PLUG ON THE END OF THE CORD REEL FELL ONTO THE EMPLOYEE'S BODY AND ELECTROCUTED HIM. A-BACK. THIS EQUIPMENT IS HEAVY MACHINERY WITH A GRAPPLE ATTACHMENT ON ITS BOOM, AND IT IS USED TO MOVE LOGS. THE HYDRAULIC CYLINDER WAS BEING HELD IN PLACE WIT H A SMALL ELECTRIC HOIST MOUNTED ON AN OVERHEAD BRIDGE. THE 16-INCH ELECTRIC SUP PLY CORD FOR THE HOIST HAD A CORD CONNECTOR ON ITS END RATHER THAN AN ATTACHMENT PLUG. IT WAS CONNECTED TO A TWIST-LOCK ATTACHMENT PLUG ON THE END OF A SPRING-L OADED CORD REEL THAT WAS 10 FEET ABOVE THE FLOOR AND THAT HAD BEEN WIRED (BY AN ELECTRICIAN) TO A 480-VOLT SUPPLY CIRCUIT. (THE HOIST WAS "NEVER" UNPLUGGED.) TH E EMPLOYEE WAS STRADDLING THE BOOM AND WAS LEANING ON THE BOOM TRYING TO PRY THE
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 519
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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