OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221380363

PLAS-TEC CORP.

EDON, OH· 2021-08-05T00:00:00

Event: Conductor, Current, Electric Shock, Electric current, Electrical Wire, Electrical panel, Engineering Controls, Hand, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Plastic Mfg, Production Line, Reaching In, Shock, Supervisor, Thrown
NAICS: 326199
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345471304
Employer profile: PLAS-TEC CORP.
Summary number: 221380363
Report ID: 0524700

Event description

Employee sustains electrical shock when reaching into contro

Investigation abstract

At 1:10 p.m. on August 5, 2021, an employee working as a production supervisor witnesses to the incident. The employee was hospitalized to treat multiple injuries due to the electrical shock. for a plastics products manufacturer was preparing a plastic injection molding machine for startup. The employee discovered that the temperature was low on a portion of the heat barrel. He opened the electrical panel to access the part of the controller that adjusts the temperature. The temperature controller was located within the 480V electrical panel directly adjacent to a bank of fuses. In the process of pressing the buttons on the controller, the employee contacted live parts within the panel causing him to be shocked. The force of the electrical shock threw the employee backwards away from the panel. There were no

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 49 M

Event type
13

Occupation code
633

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