OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14507446
WARNER ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING COMPANY
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS THRU HAND TOOL
Investigation abstract
A journeyman electrician was working on an emergency lighting circuit in a ceili ng. He was using a pair of wire strippers. He was electrocuted when the wire str ippers pierced the insulation on the 480-volt, three-phase circuit conductor. (T he wire stripper was apparently the uninsulated type with a plastic covering on the handle.)
Victims (4)
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 575
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
-
#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
-
#983 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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