OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14481204

TOASTER,ELECTRICAL,E GI VII,ELECTROCUTED,ELECTRICAL FAULT

1984-06-30T00:00:00

Event: TOASTER,ELECTRICAL,E GI VII,ELECTROCUTED,ELECTRICAL FAULT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14481204
Report ID: 316400

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - FAULTY EQUIPMENT

Investigation abstract

AN EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN THE KITCHEN OF A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT, PREPARING FOR CLOSE OF BUSINESS. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO INSERT THE ATTACHMENT PLUG ON THE TOASTER'S CORD INTO A RECEPTACLE, THE ELECTRICAL BOX, THE TOASTER AND THE TO ASTER TABLE BECAME ENERGIZED. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 18 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
5

Event type
13

Source
15

Occupation code
999

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.