OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #639906
E GI IV,ELECTRICAL,OVEN,ELECTROCUTED,ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISC
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH LIVE PARTS THRU METAL SHELF
Investigation abstract
A WELDER WAS SETTING UP AN OVEN SO THAT HE COULD PRE-HEAT PARTS. HE PLUGGED IN T HE OVEN; AND, WHEN HE OPENED THE DOOR, HE FOUND THAT THE LOWER SHELF WAS OUT OF PLACE. HE PLACED HIS HAND THROUGH THE EXPANDED METAL SHELF TO POSITION IT PROPER LY. AS HE WAS MOVING THE SHELF, IT CONTACTED THE ENERGIZED TERMINALS FOR THE HEA TING ELEMENTS. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK THAT KNOCKED HIM TO THE F LOOR WITH THE OVEN LYING ON HIS CHEST. HE WAS TREATED ON SITE AND THEN TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD OF ELECTROCUTION.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 783
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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