OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #570887
RHEOCAST CORPORATION
GERMANTOWN, WI·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN WORKING ON A PROBLEM WITH HIS BRASS DIE CASTING MACHINE. TH COULD NOT HAVE FOUND THIS PROBLEM, SINCE HE WAS A DIE CASTER AND A LEAD MAN, NOT AN ELECTRICIAN. THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS DETERMINED TO BE ELECTRIC SHOCK, THOUGH THE EXACT POINTS OF CONTACT WITH THE MACHINE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. BURN MARKS WERE FOUND ON BOTH THE EMPLOYEE'S PALMS. E EMPLOYEE WAS FOUND LYING DEAD ON THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF THE MAIN ELECTRICAL CON TROL PANEL, WITH ITS DOOR OPEN. THE PANEL CONTAINED CIRCUIT PARTS ENERGIZED AT 2 40/480 VOLTS, 3 PHASE. THE INTERLOCK HANDLE ON THE DOOR HAD BEEN REMOVED, PERMIT TING THE CIRCUIT PARTS TO REMAIN ENERGIZED WHEN THE PANEL DOOR WAS OPEN. ALTHOUG H THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT, THE EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN SEEN A HALF HOU R EARLIER PUSHING BUTTONS AND WIGGLING CONDUCTORS IN ANOTHER SMALLER CONTROL BOX NEAR THE DIE AREA. THE EMPLOYEE, HOWEVER, HAD NOT EXPLAINED WHAT HE WAS DOING. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, A DEFECTIVE RELAY WAS FOUND. THE DECEASED EMPLOYEE PROBABLY
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 719
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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