OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14526867

BURN,ELECTRICAL,ELECTRIC SIGN,E GI VI,ELECTRICAL WORK,LOCKOUT,ELECTRIC SHOCK,BLIND REACHING

1986-09-04T00:00:00

Event: BURN,ELECTRICAL,ELECTRIC SIGN,E GI VI,ELECTRICAL WORK,LOCKOUT,ELECTRIC SHOCK,BLIND REACHING
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14526867
Report ID: 418800

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK & BURN - DIRECT CONTACT WITH LIVE PARTS

Investigation abstract

AN EMPLOYEE WAS SERVICING AN ELECTRIC SIGN. HE PUT HIS HAND INTO THE SIGN TO FEE L THE LAMPS FOR VIBRATION. IN REACHING BLINDLY, HE CONTACTED AN ENERGIZED CONDUC TOR. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED BURNS TO HIS RIGHT HAND AND ARM, FOR WHICH HE WAS HOS PITALIZED FOR 4 DAYS.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
12

Event type
13

Source
15

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.