OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14542252

E GI IV,ELECTRICAL,ELECTRICIAN,ELECTROCUTED,PANELBOARD,LOCKOUT

1985-07-10T00:00:00

Event: E GI IV,ELECTRICAL,ELECTRICIAN,ELECTROCUTED,PANELBOARD,LOCKOUT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14542252
Report ID: 418100

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH EXPOSED LIVE PARTS

Investigation abstract

AN EXPERIENCED ELECTRICIAN WAS WIRING AN OIL COOLER CONTROL PANEL. NEAR THE END OF HIS SHIFT, HE TURNED ON THE POWER AND CHECKED THE VOLTAGE, THE HIGH AND LOW P RESSURE SWITCHES, AND THE MOTOR ROTATION. WHILE PRESUMABLY INSTALLING ADDITIONAL WIRING, THE EMPLOYEE CONTACTED THE RELAY CONTROL INSIDE THE PANEL. APPARENTLY, THE EMPLOYEE EITHER FORGOT THAT THE PANEL WAS ENERGIZED OR MISTAKENLY FELT THAT HE HAD DEENERGIZED THE PANEL. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 38 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
24

Event type
6

Source
15

Occupation code
575

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
13

Hazardous substance
8870

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.