OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #606962
ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,ELECTRICAL,INSULATED TOOL,ELECTRICIAN,ELECTROCUTED,LADDER,ELECTRICAL WORK,LOCKOUT,E C
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH LIVE CONDUCTOR THRU STRIPPER
Investigation abstract
AN ELECTRICIAN WAS WORKING IN A BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE EXTERIOR OF THE ATED TYPE. WHEN THE ELECTRICIAN'S SCREAM WAS HEARD, THE FOREMAN AND ONE OTHER EM PLOYEE CAME INTO THE ROOM TO FIND THE ELECTRICIAN FROZEN TO THE CONDUCTOR. AFTER KICKING THE LADDER OUT FROM UNDER THE EMPLOYEE FAILED TO BREAK HIS GRIP, THE OT HER TWO PULLED THE ELECTRICIAN DOWN. THE ELECTRICIAN WAS ELECTROCUTED. ADDITIONA LLY, BECAUSE OF THE STRESS INVOLVED, THE ELECTRICIAN'S FATHER (THE FOREMAN) WAS ALSO HOSPITALIZED TO PREVENT A HEART ATTACH FROM AN EXISTING HEART CONDITION. (T HIS HOSPITALIZATION WAS NOT LISTED IN THE OSHA FORM 170 DATA.) BUILDING WAS COMPLETED, AND THE OFFICE SPACES INSIDE WERE BEING FINISHED AS TEN ANTS WERE FOUND. THE ELECTRICIAN WAS WORKING WITH THE FOREMAN (HIS FATHER), WIRI NG A JUNCTION BOX IN THE CEILING OF ONE OF THE OFFICES. HE WAS STANDING ON A FIB ERGLASS LADDER, BUT THERE WAS METAL CONDUIT BEHIND HIM AND METAL FRAMES FOR THE CEILING TILES ALL AROUND HIM. THE POWER WAS ON; AND, WHEN THE FOREMAN SAW HIM, H E TOLD HIS SON TO DEENERGIZE THE CIRCUIT BECAUSE THE WORK SPACE WAS SO TIGHT. TH E ELECTRICIAN CUT INTO A CONDUCTOR ENERGIZED AT 277 VOLTS. THE HANDLES OF THE WI RE STRIPPER HE WAS USING WERE RUBBER, BUT THE WIRE STRIPPER WAS NOT OF THE INSUL
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 575
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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