OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14499958
E GI IV,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,PLUMBING,ELECTRIC CORD,METAL PIPE,ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISC
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH LIVE PARTS THRU PIPE CUTTER
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE OF A WATER SOFTENER FIRM WAS INSTALLING A WATER SOFTENER AT A MOBILE HOME. HE WAS KNEELING ON WET GROUND, USING A PIPE CUTTER TO CUT A COPPER WATER PIPE. A PIPE HEATER CORD WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE PIPE WHERE IT WAS BEING CUT. THE HEATER CORD WAS PLUGGED INTO AN OUTLET 2 FEET AWAY FROM THE EMPLOYEE. IN CUTTIN G THE PIPE, THE EMPLOYEE CUT INTO THE 120-VOLT HEATER CORD AND WAS ELECTROCUTED. THE EMPLOYEE WAS FOUND SOME TIME LATER, AND CURRENT WAS STILL PASSING THROUGH H IM WHEN THE RESCUE SERVICE ARRIVED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 1
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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