OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14471130
E GI III,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,ELECTRIC SHOCK,ELECTRIC CORD,AERIAL LIFT
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH LIVE PARTS THRU SCISSOR LIFT
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SCISSOR LIFT ON THE FEED SIDE OF A GENERAL ELECTRIC ROLLER HEARTH FURNACE. THE SCISSOR LIFT PINCHED THE ELECTRIC SUPPLY CORD FOR A 1 20-VOLT ELECTROMAGNET. (THE REPORT ALSO STATED THAT THE 120-VOLT CIRCUIT FOR THE ELECTROMAGNET HAD NO SYSTEM GROUND, BUT INDICATED THAT THE RECEPTACLE FOR THIS CIRCUIT HAD REVERSED HOT AND NEUTRAL POLARITY.) THIS ENERGIZED THE SCISSOR LIFT, AND THE EMPLOYEE OPERATING THE LIFT WAS ELECTROCUTED. A SECOND EMPLOYEE IN THE AREA RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK, FOR WHICH HE WAS HOSPITALIZED, WHEN HE TRIED TO REMOVE THE FIRST EMPLOYEE FROM THE LIFT.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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