OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14394704
ELECTRICAL,E GI VII,ELECTROCUTED,GROUND FAULT,EQUIPMENT GROUNDING,ELECTRICAL BOX,ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISC
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN ELECTRICAL BOX
Investigation abstract
A LABORER WAS CLEANING AROUND TWO WINDER MACHINES. A WITNESS SAW SOMETHING WRONG TACTED AN IDLE ROLLER. WHEN HE DID THIS, HE WAS ELECTROCUTED. --THE LABORER WAS NOT MOVING. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TOUCHED THE LABORER AND RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK. THE WITNESS DEENERGIZED THE MACHINE, AND THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS LAID ON THE CONCRETE FLOOR. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE ELECTRICAL DISC ONNECT BOX ON THE 480-VOLT MACHINE CONTAINED A BLACK CIRCUIT CONDUCTOR THAT WAS FRAYED. THERE WERE BURN MARKS INSIDE THE BOX, INDICATING THAT AN ELECTRICAL FAUL T HAD OCCURRED. THE EQUIPMENT GROUNDING CONDUCTOR WAS NOT CONNECTED (IT MAY HAVE VIBRATED LOOSE). THE ENTIRE MACHINE WAS METAL AND WAS SITTING ON THE CONCRETE F LOOR. THE INJURED EMPLOYEE APPARENTLY BENT OVER AND, WHEN HE RAISED BACK UP, CON
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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