OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14491401
ELECTRICAL,E GI VII,ELECTROCUTED,GROUND FAULT,EQUIPMENT GROUNDING,ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISC
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN UTILIZATION EQUIPMENT
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS READYING ORDERS FOR SHIPMENT. HE WAS PERSPIRING AND SHIRTLESS. A T ONE POINT, HE HAD TO PASS THROUGH A DOORWAY THAT WAS BLOCKED WITH A CART, A ME TAL DRUM, AND A DAYTON PEDESTAL FLOOR FAN (MODEL NO. 6K405A). HE MADE CONTACT WI TH THE FAN AND A METAL STORAGE RACK SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE FAN HAD PROVISIONS FOR G ROUNDING, BUT IT WAS CONNECTED TO AN UNGROUNDED EXTENSION CORD. AN INTERNAL FAUL T HAD DEVELOPED IN THE FAN, AND THE FAULT CURRENT WENT THROUGH THE EMPLOYEE WHEN HE PROVIDED A PATH TO GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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