OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #707778
E GI III,ELECTRICAL,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,CORD CONNECTOR,ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR,ELECTRIC SHOCK
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING THE ELECTRIC HOIST ON A WIRE DRAWING BLOCK. HE WAS STAN DING IN A WORK CAGE ON A FORKLIFT HOLDING A CORD CONNECTOR IN HIS HAND SO THAT H E COULD CONNECT THE NEW HOIST. (A COWORKER WAS IN THE WORK CAGE WITH HIM.) THE C LARK FORKLIFT DROPPED A FEW INCHES, CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO LOSE HIS BALANCE. TH E CONDUCTORS IN THE CONNECTOR WERE TORN FROM THEIR TERMINALS, AND THE EMPLOYEE R ECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK WHEN HE CONTACTED ENERGIZED PARTS. THE EMPLOYEE WAS NO T HOSPITALIZED FOR HIS INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 544
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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