OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14445449
WRENCH,E GI III,AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR,ELECTRICAL,CPR,ELECTRIC SHOCK,ELECTRIC CORD,ELECTRIC LIGHT--PORT
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT THROUGH HAND TOOL
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING UNDER A SEMI-TRAILER TO REPAIR THE AIR VALVE FOR THE THE FIRST EMPLOYEE, AS HIS BREATHING HAD EVENTUALLY STOPPED. BOTH EMPLOYEES SUR VIVED. BRAKE SYSTEM. ONE OF THEM WAS USING A 7/8-INCH COMBINATION WRENCH TO REMOVE THE AIR VALVE FROM THE CYLINDER. A TWO-WIRE TROUBLE LIGHT WAS DRAPED OVER THE CYLIND ER AND BECAME PINCHED BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND THE FRAME OF THE TRAILER AS THE VAL VE LOOSENED SUDDENLY. THIS EMPLOYEE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK AS A RESULT AND C OULD NOT RELEASE HIS GRIP ON THE WRENCH. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE CLIMBED OUT FROM UND ER THE TRAILER, TOUCHED THE METAL TRAILER FRAME, AND ALSO RECEIVED A MILD SHOCK. THE SECOND EMPLOYEE DISCONNECTED THE TROUBLE LIGHT AND PULLED THE FIRST EMPLOYE E OUT FROM UNDER THE TRAILER. CARDIO-PULMONARY RESUSCITATION WAS ADMINISTERED TO
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 503
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 503
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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