OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14421440
E GI V,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,ATTACHMENT PLUG,ELECTRIC PUMP,GROUND FAULT,CORD CONNECTOR,EQUIPMENT GROUNDING
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN CORD CONNECTOR
Investigation abstract
An employee had unplugged a 240-volt, three-phase electric motor for a portable pump. He changed connections to direct the water flow and plugged the pump back into an electric cord. The pins on the connectors were not properly aligned, and the employee was electrocuted.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 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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