OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14542237
ELECTRICAL,E GI VII,ELECTRIC SHOCK,ELECTRIC CORD,ELECTRICAL BOX,CART
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH LIVE PARTS THRU METAL BUGGY
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WHO WORKED IN THE WEAVE ROOM OF A TEXTILE MILL WAS GATHERING QUILLS HE BUGGY AND BROKE THE CONTACT. THE BREAKER FOR THE CIRCUIT THEN OPENED. THE EMP LOYEE RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES, IN ADDITION TO THE ELECTRIC SHOCK, FOR WHICH HE W AS HOSPITALIZED. (THE COMPANY INSTALLED ANGLE IRON GUARDS AROUND THE JUNCTION BO XES ON THE ENDS OF THE ROWS TO PREVENT SIMILAR ACCIDENTS.) AND PUTTING THEM IN A METAL BUGGY. THE BUGGY HAD METAL WHEELS AND RODE OVER A CO NCRETE FLOOR. THE POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT FOR THE LOOMS IN THE MILL RAN IN THE FLOO R AND SURFACED AT JUNCTION BOXES NEAR THE LOOMS. FLEXIBLE CORDS RAN FROM THE JUN CTION BOXES TO THE RECEPTACLE OUTLETS FOR THE LOOMS. THE JUNCTION BOXES FOR THE LOOMS ON THE END OF EACH ROW WERE ACCESSIBLE TO, BUT NOT DIRECTLY IN, THE AISLES . AS THE EMPLOYEE CAME AROUND ONE ROW OF LOOMS WITH THE BUGGY, THE METAL BUGGY R AN OVER ONE OF THESE JUNCTION BOXES AND CUT INTO THE FLEXIBLE CORD COMING OUT OF THE BOX. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK UNTIL HE FELL BACKWARDS WITH T
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 7
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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