OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #732511
RYDER TRUCK RENTAL CO.
GREENVILLE, SC·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN PORTABLE HANDLAMP
Investigation abstract
A TRUCK MECHANIC WAS SERVICING A DIESEL TRUCK IN A PIT IN A VEHICLE REPAIR SHOP. THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A TROUBLE LIGHT THAT HAD INSULATION IN POOR CONDITION (E XPOSING LIVE PARTS), THAT HAD A METAL GUARD, AND THAT HAD A RECEPTACLE AND SWITC H IN ITS HANDLE. ADDITIONALLY, THE LIGHT WAS CONNECTED TO A RECEPTACLE THAT HAD REVERSED POLARITY. THE LIGHT WAS OF THE GROUNDING TYPE WITH A THREE-CONDUCTOR CO RD; HOWEVER, THE GUARD WAS LOOSE. THE METAL GUARD BECAME ENERGIZED, ELECTROCUTIN G THE MECHANIC, WHO WAS WET WITH PERSPIRATION.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 507
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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