OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14524953
ELECTRICAL,CONFINED SPACE,E GI VII,ELECTROCUTED,UNGUARDED LIVE PARTS,ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH LIVE PARTS
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING ASBESTOS FROM STEAM PIPES IN A TUNNEL. THE TUNNEL WAS 5 6 INCHES HIGH AND 53 INCHES WIDE. OPEN WIRING ON CERAMIC INSULATORS RAN ALONG TH E CEILING. THE CONDUCTORS WERE INSULATED EXCEPT IN ONE SPOT WHERE THEY HAD BEEN TAPPED OFF IN THE PAST. THE TAP CONDUCTORS HAD BEEN CUT OFF, LEAVING ABOUT AN IN CH OF UNINSULATED CONDUCTOR HANGING DOWN. THE EMPLOYEE RAISED UP INTO THE UNINSU LATED PORTION OF THE WIRING AND WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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