OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14484711
BURN,BALLAST--LIGHTING,LIGHTING CIRCUIT,E GI IV,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,ELECTRICAL WORK,AERIAL LIFT
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH LIVE PARTS
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE REPLACING FLUORESCENT LIGHT BULBS FROM AN M.C. VERT-A-LIFT (M ODEL NO. VAL-MC-28) THAT WAS ELEVATED TO A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 15 FEET. (THE AERIAL LIFT WAS MANUFACTURED BY LIFT-A-LOFT CORPORATION, MUNCIE, INDIANA.) THE BALLASTS WERE BEING CHANGED WHEREVER NECESSARY. THAT DAY ONE OF THE TWO EMPLOYEES HAD CH ANGED FOUR OR FIVE BALLASTS ENERGIZED AT 277 VOLTS. HIS COWORKER INSISTED THAT S HE NOT WORK WITH LIVE EQUIPMENT AND ACTED PRIMARILY AS A HELPER. THE EMPLOYEE CH ANGING THE BALLASTS RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK WHILE RECONNECTING THE LAST BALLA ST AND WAS ELECTROCUTED. HE HAD BURN MARKS ON THE PALMS OF BOTH HANDS.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 533
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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