OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #606533
ELECTRICAL,ELECTRIC CABLE,E GI VII,ELECTROCUTED,GROUND FAULT,EQUIPMENT GROUNDING,ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISC
Event description
PROBABLE ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN HOIST
Investigation abstract
AN 18-YEAR OLD EMPLOYEE COLLAPSED DEAD ON THE JOB. HE HAD BEEN SEEN, JUST BEFORE -EXISTING HEART CONDITION. AS A RESULT, THE AUTOPSY REPORT STATED THAT THE CAUSE OF DEATH "COULD NOT BE ABSOLUTELY DETERMINED." HIS COLLAPSE, PULLING A REEL-TYPE MONORAIL HOIST BY ITS HOOK. UPON INSPECTION O F THE HOIST, ITS EQUIPMENT GROUNDING CONDUCTOR WAS FOUND NOT TO HAVE BEEN CONNEC TED TO ITS TERMINAL, AND A METAL CLAMP USED TO SECURE THE REEL CABLE TO THE HOIS T MOTOR WAS FOUND TO HAVE CUT THROUGH THE OUTER JACKET OF THE CABLE AND THROUGH THE INSULATION ON THE BLACK CONDUCTOR. THE CLAMP WAS ALSO FOUND TO BE IN CONTACT WITH THE EXPOSED PORTION OF THE CIRCUIT CONDUCTOR. THUS, AT THE TIME OF THE INC IDENT, THE FRAME OF THE HOIST WAS ENERGIZED. THE AUTOPSY PERFORMED ON THE DECEAS ED EMPLOYEE FOUND NO BURN MARKS AS EVIDENCE OF ELECTROCUTION, BUT DID FIND A PRE
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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