OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #733881
E GI IV,ELECTRICAL,ELECTRICIAN,ELECTROCUTED,ELECTRICAL WORK,LOCKOUT,ELEC CIRC PART--MISC,ELECTRICAL CABINET
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
Two employees were trying to get the towers on a Gilford Hill pivotal irrigation supervisor transported the injured employee to a hospital, which was about 5 min utes away, where the employee was pronounced dead. A pathologist found electrocu tion to be the cause of death, even though the state electrical inspector found no electrical problem with the system. unit (Model No. 360) to move in unison. One of the employees was at the control panel for the 480-volt, 30-ampere system. The other employee, who was the super visor, was at the other end of the system about 365 meters away. The supervisor used a radio to instruct the employee to start the system. The employee told the supervisor that the one of the towers was traveling incorrectly. The supervisor went to the tower, which was about 110 meters from the control panel, and notic ed that the employee was not standing. When the supervisor went to the control p anel, he found the employee lying on the ground and the control panel open. The
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 533
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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