OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14466536
ELECTRICAL,E GI VI,ELECTROCUTED,ELECTRICAL WORK,LOCKOUT,ELECTRICAL BOX,BLIND REACHING
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
A MASTER ELECTRICIAN WAS TROUBLESHOOTING AN INJECTION MOLDING HEATING UNIT. HE W OM BEHIND THE HEATING UNIT AND HELD HIS INJURED HAND IN HIS RIGHT HAND. HE THEN SAT DOWN, LOST CONSCIOUSNESS, AND LATER DIED. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER RULED THAT TH E EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN ELECTROCUTED. AS ASSISTED BY A COWORKER. THE COWORKER WAS STANDING BY THE MAIN POWER BREAKER B OX, ENERGIZING AND DEENERGIZING THE CIRCUIT AT THE ELECTRICIAN'S REQUEST. THE EL ECTRICIAN HAD REMOVED THE ACCESS PANEL FROM THE BACK OF THE HOT WATER HEATER AND HAD A BUSBAR OUT TO TEST. HE TOLD THE COWORKER TO REENERGIZE THE CIRCUIT AND RE ACHED HIS LEFT HAND INTO THE OPEN AREA IN BACK OF THE UNIT. THE ELECTRICIAN, WHO WAS WEARING A METAL BRACELET ON HIS LEFT WRIST, CONTACTED AN ENERGIZED PART OF THE CIRCUIT; AND THE COWORKER SAW HIS EYES GET BIG AND HEARD HIM GRUNT. THE COWO RKER IMMEDIATELY DEENERGIZED THE CIRCUIT. THE ELECTRICIAN PULLED HIS HAND OUT FR
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 62 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 575
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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