OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14385355
ELECTRICAL,E GI VII,ELECTROCUTED,ELECTRIC PUMP,GROUND FAULT,EQUIPMENT GROUNDING,WATER
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN GASOLINE PUMP
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING GASOLINE IN AN INBOARD/OUTBOARD MOTOR BOAT JUST BEFORE H E WAS TO SET THE MOTOR'S TIMING. THE EMPLOYEE TURNED THE GASOLINE PUMP ON AND TO OK THE NOZZLE IN HIS HANDS. HE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK AND FELL INTO THE WATE R. HE HAD BEEN ELECTROCUTED. AN EXAMINATION OF THE PUMP FOUND A GROUND FAULT THA T HAD ENERGIZED THE NOZZLE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 29
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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