OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #689612
BURN,CLOTHING,ELECTRICAL,BUSBAR,E PTD,SUBSTATION,ELEC UTILITY WORK,ELECTRIC SHOCK,FALL,UNTRAINED
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK & FALL - DIRECT CONTACT WITH BUSBAR
Investigation abstract
A PLUMBING APPRENTICE WAS WORKING FROM A METAL SCAFFOLD. HE WAS STANDING ON THE OUTER EDGE RUNGS OF THE SCAFFOLD. HE WAS TACK WELDING A DRAIN PIPE LOCATED IN A CORNER OF A 138-KILOVOLT REACTOR SUBSTATION. BUSBARS WITHIN THE SUBSTATION WERE ONLY 2.5 FEET AWAY FROM WHERE THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING; THEY WERE, HOWEVER, COVE RED WITH INSULATING BLANKETS. THE BLANKETS WERE OLD, UNSECURED, UNINSPECTED, AND UNTESTED. THE EMPLOYEE SOMEHOW CONTACTED THE ENERGIZED BUS AND RECEIVED AN ELEC TRIC SHOCK, RESULTING IN SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS TO HIS LEFT HAND AND FORE ARMS. THE EMPLOYEE ALSO FELL FROM THE SCAFFOLD AND SUSTAINED FRACTURES OF HIS SE COND VERTEBRA AND HIS RIBS. THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR HIS INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 7
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 587
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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