OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #594366
ELECTRICAL,E GI VII,ELECTROCUTED,ELECTRIC SAW,GROUND FAULT,CONVEYOR,EQUIPMENT GROUNDING
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN ELECTRIC SAW
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING HIS FOREMAN PUT A METAL CHAIN BACK ONTO A SPROCKET FOR A 27-FOOT-LONG CONVEYOR LINE. AN APPARENT GROUND FAULT HAD OCCURRED AT AN ADJACEN T (MULTI KUIN) ELECTRIC SAW TABLE, ENERGIZING THE METAL CONVEYOR. THE EMPLOYEE L AID ON HIS BACK TO PERFORM THIS JOB. WHEN HE ROTATED THE PULLEY BELT ON THE SPRO CKET MOTOR, HE CONTACTED THE METAL FRAME OF THE CONVEYOR AND WAS ELECTROCUTED. T HE CONVEYOR FRAME, WHICH WAS NOT EFFECTIVELY GROUNDED, WAS FOUND TO BE ENERGIZED AT 408 VOLTS TO GROUND.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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