OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14434328
BURN,CLOTHING,ELECTRICAL,E PTD,SUBSTATION,CIRCUIT BREAKER,ELECTRIC SHOCK,PAINTER,UNTRAINED
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE SPRAY PAINTING TRANSFORMERS AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS IN A HIGH-VO LTAGE AREA. AS HE WAS CLEANING UP, ONE OF THE TWO, A PAINTER, USED A 6-FOOT ALUM INUM LADDER TO GET INTO POSITION TO REMOVE TAPE COVERING THE SIGHT GLASS ON ONE OF THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS. IN REMOVING THE TAPE, HE CONTACTED ENERGIZED PARTS AND RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK. HE ALSO RECEIVED SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS TO HI S LEFT ARM, FACE, AND CHEST AND A DEEP ARC BURN TO THE PALM OF HIS RIGHT HAND NE AR HIS WRIST.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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