OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14571194
E GI IV,ELECTRICAL,HEART ATTACK,INSULATED TOOL,LOCKOUT,ELECTRIC SHOCK,HAND TOOL
Event description
POSSIBLE ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH LIVE PARTS THRU TOOLS
Investigation abstract
AT ABOUT NOON ONE DAY, A 42-YEAR-OLD MAINTENANCE WORKER WAS SETTING UP A BAR WRA RS YIELDED 51 AND 54 VOLTS. THE INVESTIGATION ALSO FOUND THE EMPLOYEE WORKING CL OSE TO EXPOSED ENERGIZED PARTS WITH CONDUCTIVE TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT. PPER MACHINE. EMPLOYEES LEAVING THE WORK AREA FOR LUNCH NOTICED THE MAINTENANCE WORKER WORKING WITH HAND TOOLS AROUND THE HEATING UNITS ON THE MACHINE. AT ABOUT 12:10 PM, A COWORKER RETURNING FROM LUNCH FOUND THE MAINTENANCE WORKER UNCONSCI OUS ON THE FLOOR. THE EMPLOYEE WAS REVIVED, AND AN EXAMINATION SHOWED THAT THE E MPLOYEE HAD SUSTAINED A HEART ATTACK. THE TREATING PHYSICIAN FOUND NO EVIDENCE O F ELECTRIC SHOCK. (HOWEVER, ELECTRIC SHOCK IS NOT ALWAYS CLEARLY EVIDENT FROM AN EXAMINATION OF THE BODY.) INVESTIGATION OF THE WORKPLACE FOUND EXPOSED ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS ON THE HEATING UNITS. MEASUREMENTS OF THE VOLTAGES ON THESE CONDUCTO
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 519
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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