OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14570568
ELECTRICAL,E GI VII,ELECTROCUTED,ATTACHMENT PLUG,GROUND FAULT,EQUIPMENT GROUNDING,ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISC
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN ATTACHMENT PLUG
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PORTABLE ELECTRICALLY POWERED HYDRAULIC SHEAR AND STRAIG HTENER TO STRAIGHTEN OUT A PIECE OF COIL BAR. THE EMPLOYEE HAD CONNECTED THE HUB BELL TWIST LOCK ATTACHMENT PLUG AND WAS HOLDING THE 480-VOLT TOOL IN HIS LEFT HA ND. HE WALKED OVER TO THE COIL BAR AND GRABBED IT WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. THE COIL BAR WAS GROUNDED. THE ATTACHMENT PLUG FOR THE ELECTRIC TOOL HAD A GROUND FAULT-- THE EQUIPMENT GROUNDING CONDUCTOR IN THE PLUG HAD COME LOOSE FROM ITS TERMINAL A ND WAS CONTACTING ONE OF THE PHASE CONDUCTORS. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 21
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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