OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14457253
E GI IV,ELECTRICAL,ELECTRICIAN,ELECTROCUTED,BUSBAR,ELECTRICAL WORK,LOCKOUT,ELECTRICAL CABINET
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
An electrical contractor was working at a rubber manufacturing plant. The contra abinet was 0.76 meters deep and 2.4 meters wide. The employee, who was a license d electrician, contacted the 480-volt busbar as he was explaining his work to th e inspector. The electrician was electrocuted. ctor was modifying the wiring for a 150-horsepower mill motor, installing the wi ring for another mill, making repairs to some conduit, and installing limit swit ches. The circuits involved were 120 to 240 volts single phase, 250 volts three phase, and 480 volts three phase. One of the contractor's employees had opened t he doors to a cabinet enclosing circuit parts energized at 480 volts so that he could explain his work and the problems he encountered to an electrical inspecto r. (The panel was manufactured by the A-C Supply Company. It was rated 480 volts , three phase. It bore Serial No. 42006-C.) The working space in front of this c
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 64 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 575
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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