OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14393607

CABLE TRAY,E GI IV,ELECTRICAL,ELECTRICIAN,ELECTROCUTED,ELECTRICAL WORK,LOCKOUT,ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR

1987-07-30T00:00:00

Event: CABLE TRAY,E GI IV,ELECTRICAL,ELECTRICIAN,ELECTROCUTED,ELECTRICAL WORK,LOCKOUT,ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14393607
Report ID: 625700

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED CONDUCTOR

Investigation abstract

An electrical crew was working on 13.5-kilovolt cables and relocating existing c onductors for equipment on a paper machine. One of the crewmembers was splicing a conductor in a cable tray. The crew knew that the line he was splicing was ene rgized. It had not been traced to its power source so that it could be deenergiz ed. The employee was perspiring heavily from hot humid weather and was sitting i n the metal cable tray. He was electrocuted when he touched the energized conduc tor.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 34 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
4

Event type
13

Source
15

Occupation code
575

Human factor
13

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
2

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