OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14428528
PARALYSIS,E GI III,ELECTRICAL,BACK,ELECTRIC SHOCK,FALL,TRANSFORMER,UNTRAINED
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS ASSIGNED TO COVER A PHOTOELECTRIC CELL. TO PERFORM THIS TASK, TH E EMPLOYEE CLIMBED OVER A LOCKED FENCE AND THEN ONTO AN OVERHEAD PLATFORM ON WHI CH TRANSFORMERS HAD BEEN INSTALLED. THE EMPLOYEE CONTACTED EXPOSED PARTS ENERGIZ ED AT 6900 VOLTS WHILE HE WAS ON THE PLATFORM, AND THE RESULTANT ELECTRIC SHOCK CAUSED HIM TO FALL 18.5 FEET TO THE GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE BROKE HIS BACK AND WAS PARALYZED AS A RESULT OF THIS INJURY.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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