OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #741579
E GI II,ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,ELECTRICAL,LASER,ELEC CIRC PART--MISC,ELECTRIC SHOCK,ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISC
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
A MECHANIC WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF SERVICING LASER CUTTING SYSTEMS WAS ADJUSTING TH JURY. E INTENSITY OF A LASER. THE LASER WAS PART OF AN ACME/CLEVELAND LASER CUTTING SY STEM (MODEL NO. L510-S). THE EMPLOYEE, WHO HAD RECEIVED ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, GAI NED ACCESS TO THE LASER'S LENS BY REMOVING AN ELECTRICAL PANEL ON THE SIDE OF TH E LASER. WITH THE LASER ENERGIZED AT 20 KILOVOLTS D-C, THE MECHANIC REACHED INSI DE AND ADJUSTED THE LENS ON THE LASER WITH AN INSULATING TOOL. HE WAS KNEELING O N THE CONCRETE FLOOR NEXT TO THE LASER AND WAS NOT WEARING RUBBER INSULATING GLO VES. AS HE WAS DOING THIS, THE BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND CONTACTED THE END OF THE LA SER, AND HE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK. THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR HIS IN
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 503
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8510
- Task assigned
- 1
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