OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14498760
ELEC INSULATION,ELECTRICAL,CHAIR,E GI VII,ELECTROCUTED,ELECTRIC CORD
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH LIVE PARTS THRU METAL CHAIR
Investigation abstract
DURING A BREAK, AN EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING ON A METAL CHAIR. ONE OF THE LEGS ON THE CHAIR WAS ON AN ENERGIZED CORD. THE LEG OF THE CHAIR HAD PENETRATED THE CORD JA CKET AND THE CONDUCTOR INSULATION AND WAS CONTACTING ONE OF THE CONDUCTORS. THE EMPLOYEE HAD ONE LEG AND ONE ARM RESTING ON AN ADJACENT METAL GAS HEATER THAT WA S GROUNDED THROUGH ITS GAS SUPPLY PIPE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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