OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14485296
BURN,FUSE,ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,E GI IV,ELECTRICAL,LOCKOUT,ELECTRIC SHOCK,TRANSFORMER
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE ENTERED AN UNLOCKED TRANSFORMER ROOM TO ASCERTAIN IF THE BUS PASSING THROUGH THE ROOM'S WALL WAS CONNECTED TO THE TRANSFORMER. THE CABLES HOLDING TH IS BUS WERE TO BE CUT WITH A TORCH. AFTER SURVEYING THE AREA AND DETERMINING THA T THE BOLT WAS MISSING FROM THE BUS AND THAT THE POWER TO THE TRANSFORMER WAS DE ENERGIZED, THE EMPLOYEE CLIMBED ATOP THE TRANSFORMER TO GET A CLOSER LOOK AT THE BUS. THE EMPLOYEE CONTACTED AN ENERGIZED 12-KILOVOLT FUSE. THE CURRENT ENTRY AN D EXIT POINTS WERE THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT ARM IN THE TRICEPS AREA AND THE LEFT FOR EARM, WHERE THE CURRENT LEFT A HOLE IN HIS ARM. THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOSPITALIZED FO R HIS INJURIES FOR A TOTAL OF 4 DAYS.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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