OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14402176
FUSE,ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,E GI IV,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,PANELBOARD,ELECTRICAL WORK,LOCKOUT
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS INTENDING TO REMOVE A FUSE FROM A PANELBOARD. WHEN HE ARRIVED AT D TO THE FULL PHASE-TO-PHASE VOLTAGE AND DIED OF ELECTROCUTION. THE PANELBOARD, HE FOUND THE PANEL DOOR OPEN. HE BRIEFLY SLAPPED THE BOTTOM FUS E IN THE PANELBOARD WITH THE BACK OF HIS HAND. HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THIS FUSE BY PULLING ON IT TWO OR THREE TIMES, BUT IT WOULD NOT DISLODGE. HE PLACED A WOODEN STEP LADDER IN FRONT OF THE PANELBOARD AND CLIMBED TWO STEPS. HE THEN TR IED TO REMOVE THE SECOND FUSE BY REACHING WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AND ASSISTING THE PULL BY GRABBING HIS RIGHT WRIST WITH HIS LEFT HAND. HIS LEFT FOREARM CONTACTED THE BOTTOM FUSE HOLDER WHILE HIS RIGHT HAND WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE MIDDLE FUSE. THE PHASE-TO-PHASE VOLTAGE OF THE CIRCUIT WAS 470 VOLTS. THE EMPLOYEE WAS EXPOSE
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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