OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14400436
MANOR BAKING COMPANY THRIFT STORE 8
DALLAS, TX·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK & FALL - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
An employee was repairing a lighting fixture for an outdoor sign. He was working from an aluminum ladder. He contacted energized parts inside the fixture and re ceived an electric shock. The electric shock caused the employee to fall to the pavement. He died of head and chest injuries he sustained in the fall.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 549
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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