OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14421473
GEAR DRILLING COMPANY
SIDNEY, NE·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
A DRILLING COMPANY HAD COMPLETED A DRILLING OPERATION AND WAS PREPARING TO MOVE AROUND HIS ARM. THE EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN ELECTROCUTED. TO A NEW LOCATION. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES WAS REMOVING A LIGHT CORD FROM A MUD TAN K. THE ELECTRIC CORD HAD TWO MALE ENDS--ONE END WAS PLUGGED INTO AN OUTLET IN TH E MAIN TANK; THE OTHER END WAS CONNECTED TO THE LIGHTS IN THE SECOND TANK. THE E MPLOYEE WENT TO THE SECOND TANK AND DISCONNECTED THE LIGHTS. HE THEN RETURNED TO THE MAIN TANK AND, WITH THE CORD STILL PLUGGED IN, PULLED THE ELECTRIC CORD FRO M THE SECOND TANK INTO THE MAIN TANK. A WITNESS STATED THAT THE EMPLOYEE CALLED OUT TO DEENERGIZE THE LIGHTS. THE WITNESS DEENERGIZED THE CIRCUIT AND RAN BACK T O THE MAIN TANK. THERE, HE FOUND THE EMPLOYEE LYING ON THE CATWALK WITH THE CORD
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 Male
- Nature of injury
- Electric Shock (10)
- Part of body
- ARM-MULT (2)
- Accident type
- SHOCK (13)
- Source of injury
- ELEC APPARAT/WIRING (15)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.