OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14562649
E GI IV,ELECTRICAL,ELECTRICIAN,ELECTROCUTED,ELECTRICAL WORK,LOCKOUT,TEST EQUIPMENT,ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
AN ELECTRICIAN AND A COWORKER WERE MOVING A 277-VOLT ELECTRIC POWER LINE ON THE SECOND FLOOR IN THE CENTER OF AN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. THE ELECTRICIAN TESTED THE CIRCUIT WITH AN IDEAL VOLTAGE TESTER (CATALOG NO. 61-065) AND FOUND THE CIR CUIT TO BE DEENERGIZED. HOWEVER, IN SPITE OF THE TEST, THE CIRCUIT WAS STILL ENE RGIZED. THE ELECTRICIAN WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN HE CONTACTED AN ENERGIZED CONDUCTO R AND A METAL-CLAD CABLE AT THE SAME TIME. EITHER THE ELECTRICIAN OR HIS COWORKE R OR BOTH WERE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. (THE RE PORT SIMPLY STATED THAT DRUGS WERE INVOLVED.)
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 575
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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