OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14399356
BURN,CLOTHING,ELECTRICAL,ELECTRIC SWITCH,ELECTRICAL WORK,E C,ELECTRICAL FAULT
Event description
BURN - ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT FAULTED
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING ON THE DEENERGIZED SIDE OF A THREE-PHASE BUS-DUCT-TYP E DISCONNECT. THE ENERGIZED SIDE SHORTED AND ARCED THROUGH THE HOUSING, BURNING THE EMPLOYEES. ONE EMPLOYEE DIED FROM HIS BURNS. (THE OTHER INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS NOT LISTED ON THE OSHA 170 FORM.)
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 575
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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