OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #736652
E GI V,ELECTRICAL,GROUND FAULT,ELECTRIC SHOCK,ELECTRIC CORD,ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISC
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - FAULTY UTILIZATION EQUIPMENT
Investigation abstract
AFTER WASHING DISHES, AN EMPLOYEE TOUCHED A METAL TABLE AND RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK. THE TABLE HAD A TOASTER ON IT. THE ELECTRIC CORD FOR THE TOASTER WAS FRA YED. A SECOND EMPLOYEE ALSO RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK IN THE SAME MANNER AS HE CAME TO THE AID OF THE FIRST EMPLOYEE.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 F
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 28 F
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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