OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14518039
ROUSE & ASSOCIATES
JACKSONVILLE, FL·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN FOUNTAIN PUMP
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WENT INTO A DECORATIVE FOUNTAIN TO CHECK A PUMP THAT WAS NOT PUMPING WATER AT A RATE HIGH ENOUGH FOR THE WATER FALL. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE OPENED A VALV E FOR THE PUMP, HE RECEIVED A SEVERE ELECTRIC SHOCK, FOR WHICH HE WAS HOSPITALIZ ED. THE EQUIPMENT GROUNDING CONDUCTOR FOR THE PUMP WAS NOT CONNECTED TO THE CIRC UIT GROUNDING CONDUCTOR. ADDITIONALLY, THE CIRCUIT CONDUCTORS FOR THE GROUND-FAU LT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER WERE REVERSED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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