OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #170248660
E GI V,ELEC INSULATION,ELECTRICAL,GROUND FAULT,EQUIPMENT GROUNDING,ELECTRIC SHOCK,ELECTRIC CORD
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN ELECTRIC CORD
Investigation abstract
A 120-VOLT BLOCK HEATER FOR A FORKLIFT TRUCK WAS MISSING INSULATION ON ITS POWER SUPPLY CORD. THAT AREA OF THE CORD WAS WRAPPED IN BLACK PLASTIC TAPE. THE FORKL IFT WAS SITTING OUTSIDE IN THE RAIN. A 23-YEAR-OLD CONCRETE FINISHER WAS WEARING COTTON GLOVES AND WAS SATURATED WITH WATER FROM A PRESSURE WASHING OPERATION. T HE EMPLOYEE ALSO HAD ON RUBBER BOOTS, AND THE RIGHT ONE HAD A HOLE IN IT. THE HO LE WAS COVERED WITH DUCT TAPE. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE UNPLUGGED THE HEATER FROM AN EX TENSION CORD SET, HE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK. THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOSPITALIZED F OR MUSCLE AND NERVE DAMAGE. HIS EMPLOYER HAD FAILED TO RENDER FIRST AID AND HAD NOT TRANSPORTED HIM TO A HOSPITAL.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 588
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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