OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14539043
BURN,E GI IV,ELECTRICAL,ELECTRICAL WORK,LOCKOUT,ELECTRIC SHOCK,ELECTRICAL BOX
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK & BURNS - CONTACT WITH LIVE PART THRU COVER
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A COVER ON THE BOTTOM OF A JUNCTION BOX CARRYING SUPP LY CIRCUITS FOR 480-VOLT CONVEYORS AT A DELIVERY SERVICE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKI NG FROM A 6-FOOT WOODEN STEP LADDER, WITH A SCREWDRIVER IN HIS RIGHT HAND AND BO LTS IN HIS LEFT HAND. HE HAD STEPPED ON THE THIRD RUNG OF THE LADDER SO THAT HE WAS AT THE PROPER HEIGHT TO INSTALL THE COVER. THE EMPLOYEE TOUCHED THE COVER OF THE JUNCTION BOX, WHICH THEN FAULTED TO ONE OF THE CIRCUIT CONDUCTORS. THERE WA S AN ELECTRIC ARC, AND THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK. THE ELECTRIC SHO CK THREW THE EMPLOYEE 15 FEET FROM WHERE HE HAD BEEN WORKING AND CAUSED THIRD DE GREE BURNS.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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