OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14480768
ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,ELECTRICAL WORK,LOCKOUT,E C,ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
A CONSTRUCTION LABORER WAS REPLACING FLUORESCENT LIGHTS AT A CONSTRUCTION JOBSIT E THAT HAD JUST COMPLETED ASBESTOS REMOVAL. UPON CHANGING SEVERAL BULBS, HE SAW THAT TWO FIXTURES WERE STILL NOT WORKING. HE OPENED THE JUNCTION BOX FOR THE FIR ST FIXTURE AND RECONNECTED THE CONDUCTORS. THIS LIGHT CAME ON. HE THEN OPENED TH E JUNCTION BOX FOR THE SECOND FIXTURE AND STARTED TO RECONNECT ITS CONDUCTORS. D URING THIS OPERATION, HE CONTACTED ONE OF THE ENERGIZED 277-VOLT CONDUCTORS AND WAS ELECTROCUTED. THE PANELBOARD FOR THE LIGHTING INSTALLATION WAS PLAINLY LABEL ED, BUT THE LIGHTING CIRCUIT HAD NOT BEEN DEENERGIZED BEFORE THE EMPLOYEE ATTEMP TED THE REPAIR.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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