OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14464713
LIGHTING CIRCUIT,ELECTRICAL,INSULATED TOOL,ELECTROCUTED,ELECTRICAL WORK,LOCKOUT,E C,HAND TOOL
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS CONNECTING THE WIRING FOR AN OVERHEAD LIGHTING FIXTURE. HE WAS W ORKING AT A JUNCTION BOX THAT WAS 9 FEET, 9 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR. HE WAS USING ELECTRICIAN'S PLIERS AND A WIRE STRIPPER. THE CIRCUIT FOR THE FIXTURE WAS ENERG IZED, AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED. THERE WERE BURN MARKS ON THE FINGERS OF BOTH HANDS. THE EMPLOYER DID NOT INFORM THE EMPLOYEE THAT THE CIRCUIT WAS ENERG IZED, AND THE EMPLOYEE HAD WORKED ON OTHER CIRCUITS NEARBY THAT WERE DEENERGIZED .
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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