OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #694430
ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,E C,GROUND FAULT,ELECTRIC DRILL,EQUIPMENT APPROVAL
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - PROBABLE GROUND FAULT IN ELECTRIC DRILL
Investigation abstract
A 26-YEAR-OLD CARPENTER RETURNED FROM LUNCH AND PICKED UP A 0.5-INCH ELECTRIC DR ILL. AS HE BEGAN TO DRILL A HOLE, HE TIGHTENED HIS GRIP ON THE DRILL AND STARTED SHAKING. A WITNESS UNPLUGGED THE DRILL, AND THE CARPENTER DROPPED IT AND FELL O VER. THE CARPENTER HAD BEEN ELECTROCUTED. THE DRILL WAS NOT MARKED TO INDICATE I TS MAKE OR MANUFACTURER. IT WAS LATER TESTED AND FOUND TO BE IN OPERATING CONDIT ION. THE CONDITION OF THE WIRING TO WHICH THE DRILL HAD BEEN CONNECTED WAS NOT R EPORTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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