OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14434328
JAMES NAKAGAWA PAINTING INC
KAUMAKANI, HI·
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 Male
- Nature of injury
- Electric Shock (10)
- Part of body
- BODYSYSTEM (4)
- Accident type
- SHOCK (13)
- Source of injury
- ELEC APPARAT/WIRING (15)
- Occupation
- Painters, construction and maintenance (579)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- WORK-SURFACE/FACIL-LAYOUT COND (13)
- Task assigned
- Task not regularly assigned (2)
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.