OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14515852
ELECTRICAL,ELECTRIC CABLE,E GI VII,ELECTROCUTED,EQUIPMENT GROUNDING,ELECTRICAL FAULT
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH ACCIDENTALLY ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
A 300-FOOT-DEEP WELL, WITH A 6-INCH-DIAMETER CASING, SUPPLIED WATER SPRINKLERS T O A VILLAGE. AN EMPLOYEE WAS ASSIGNED TO REPAIR A WATER LEAK AT THE WELL HEAD. A N ELECTRIC CABLE ENTERED THE WELL HEAD TO PROVIDE POWER FOR A PUMP LOCATED 105 F EET INTO THE WELL. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR THE LEAK, WHICH OCCURED WHERE THE CABLE ENTERED THE WELL HEAD, THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED. THE METAL PARTS OF T HE WELL HEAD WERE ENERGIZED AS AN EXPOSED PORTION OF THE ENERGIZED CONDUCTOR WAS CONTACTING THEM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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