OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14521421
MAINTENANCE,E GI IV,ELECTRICAL,BANDSAW,ELECTROCUTED,MECHANIC,ELECTRICAL WORK,GROUND FAULT,UNTRAINED
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN BAND SAW
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES, A MAINTENANCE MECHANIC AND AN APPRENTICE ELECTRICIAN, WERE SERVIC ING A BUTCHER BOY BAND SAW USED TO CUT MEAT. THE MECHANIC REPAIRED AND LUBRICATE D THE SAW, AND THE APPRENTICE ELECTRICIAN REWIRED IT. THEY HAD COMPLETED THEIR W ORK AND HAD ENERGIZED THE SAW. AN APPARENT WIRING DEFECT ENERGIZED THE FRAME OF THE SAW, ELECTROCUTING THE MECHANIC.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 549
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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