OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14379275
RON BEAVERS PAINTING INC.
MEREDOSIA, IL·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK & BURN - ELECTRIC ARC FROM WORKING TOO CLOSE
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING FROM A SCISSOR LIFT, PAINTING EQUIPMENT IN THE SUBSTA TION OF AN ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION PLANT. A PORTION OF THE SUBSTATION HAD BEEN DEENERGIZED, AND THE ENERGIZED PORTION HAD BEEN ROPED OFF. THE EMPLOYEES HAD BE EN INSTRUCTED TO WORK OUTSIDE THE ROPED-OFF AREA AND TO STAY 5 TO 10 FEET AWAY F ROM THE ENERGIZED BUSBARS WITHIN THE STATION. WHILE THE EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING, THE OPERATOR OF THE LIFT MANEUVERED IT INTO THE ROPED-OFF, ENERGIZED AREA. WHEN HE DID THIS, THE OTHER EMPLOYEE IN THE LIFT WAS TOO CLOSE TO AN ENERGIZED BUS, A ND IT ARCED OVER TO THE HIM. THE INJURED EMPLOYEE RECEIVED FOURTH DEGREE BURNS O N BOTH HIS ARMS, WHICH WERE AMPUTATED AS A RESULT OF THE INJURY.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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