OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14497960

E GI II,ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,ELECTRICAL WORK,ELEC CIRC PART--MISC,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ELECTRICAL BOX

1984-08-22T00:00:00

Event: E GI II,ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,ELECTRICAL WORK,ELEC CIRC PART--MISC,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ELECTRICAL BOX
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14497960
Report ID: 626600

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS

Investigation abstract

The owner of a company that designed, built, and installed a Pentex overhead cra cuit until the main circuit breaker for the crane tripped, and then he fell abou t 9.1 meters to the floor. He died of electrocution. ne at a remote location arrived at that site to repair electrical problems in a pendant control for the crane. He requested that the control remain energized so that he could check the wiring. He walked down the rail on the south side of th e shop to get to the bridge of the crane. He then went out on one of the bridge girders, reached out 600 to 900 millimeters, and opened the electrical box. Ther e were no guardrails on the bridge girders or rails. In addition, the company ow ner was not using personal fall arrest equipment. While he was working on the bo x, he apparently contacted an energized part of the circuit. He froze to the cir

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 34 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
4

Event type
13

Source
15

Occupation code
4

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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