OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14486484
CONSOLIDATED EDISON OF NEW YORK
BRONX, NY·
Event description
BURNS - ELECTRICAL FAULT ON BUS BARS
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE REMOVING GROUNDS FROM AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM THAT HAD BEEN REMO VED FROM SERVICE FOR MAINTENANCE. A SHORT CIRCUIT DEVELOPED AT SOME COPPER BUS B ARS CAUSING AN ELECTRICAL EXPLOSION. THE HEAT FROM THIS EXPLOSION WAS FATAL TO B OTH EMPLOYEES.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 695
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 11
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 695
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 11
- Task assigned
- 1
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