OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14560403
ALL ENGINEERING, INC.
BROOKFIELD, MA·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A PLASTIC MOLDING MACHINE AND AN ADJACENT GRINDER. HE WAS USING THE GRINDER, WHICH WAS LOCATED 3 FEET FROM THE MOLDING MACHINE, TO GRI ND SCRAP FROM THE PLASTIC AFTER IT CAME OUT OF THE MOLDING MACHINE. ONE CONDUCTO R OF A THREE-PHASE, DELTA-CONNECTED SYSTEM WAS USED TO GROUND THE MOLDING MACHIN E. A MAGNETIC MOTOR STARTER WAS CONNECTED TO THE SAME SYSTEM. THERE HAD BEEN POO R MAINTENANCE OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS ON BOTH MACHINES. THE MACHINE OPERATOR C ONTACTED THE MOLDING MACHINE AND EXPOSED, ENERGIZED PARTS OF THE MOTOR STARTER A T THE SAME TIME. HE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 719
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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