OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14470330
ELECTRICAL,E GI VII,ELECTROCUTED,ELECTRICAL WORK,GROUND FAULT,EQUIPMENT GROUNDING
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN LIGHTING SYSTEM
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS REWIRING 277-VOLT, 20-AMPERE DRIVEWAY LIGHTS. A SPLICE IN ONE OF THE CIRCUIT CONDUCTORS WAS NOT ADEQUATELY INSULATED, AND AN EXPOSED PORTION OF THE CONDUCTOR WAS CONTACTING A LIGHT POLE. ADDITIONALLY, THE EMPLOYEE HAD NOT GR OUNDED THE EXPOSED NON-CURRENT-CARRYING METAL PARTS OF THE SYSTEM. AS A LIGHT RA IN WAS FALLING, THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS KNEELING ON THE GROUND, TIGHTENED ANCHOR B OLTS AT THE BASE OF THE LIGHT STAND. HIS SUPERVISOR WENT INDOORS AND ENERGIZED T HE LIGHTING SYSTEM. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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