OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14369235
ELECTRICAL,E GI VII,ELECTROCUTED,ELECTRIC PUMP,GROUND FAULT,EQUIPMENT GROUNDING,ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR,ELECTRICAL BOX
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN ELECTRIC PUMP
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS PUMPING OIL FROM A 10-DRUM SHIPPING CONTAINER THROUGH A FILTER S YSTEM TO A 20-DRUM KETTLE USED FOR PROCESSING ADDITIVES. HE WAS USING A 240-VOLT , 3-PHASE PUMP FOR THIS OPERATION. THE PUMP DEVELOPED AN AIR LOCK, AND THE EMPLO YEE WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN HE CONTACTED A METAL FITTING ON THE PUMP-AND-PIPING AS SEMBLY. THERE WAS A CUT IN THE INSULATION OF ONE OF THE CONDUCTORS AT THE LOCK R ING FITTING HOLDING THE SUPPLY CORD TO THE MOTOR JUNCTION BOX. ADDITIONALLY, THE FRAME OF THE PUMP WAS NOT GROUNDED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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