OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14400303

ELECTRICAL,E GI VII,ELECTROCUTED,GROUND FAULT,WET OPERATION,CONVEYOR,EQUIPMENT GROUNDING,WATER

1985-10-17T00:00:00

Event: ELECTRICAL,E GI VII,ELECTROCUTED,GROUND FAULT,WET OPERATION,CONVEYOR,EQUIPMENT GROUNDING,WATER
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14400303
Report ID: 626300

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN CONVEYOR

Investigation abstract

An employee was trying to unclog a floor drain with a high-pressure water hose. He had his left hand on the hose, and he leaned his right arm against the wet me tal frame of a conveyor. The ungrounded electric motor driving the conveyor had a ground fault, and the employee was electrocuted.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 21 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
4

Event type
13

Source
15

Occupation code
999

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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