OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #743104
E GI V,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,ATTACHMENT PLUG,GROUND FAULT,EQUIPMENT GROUNDING,ELECTRIC CORD,ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISC
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN ELECTRIC FAN
Investigation abstract
A FANS OF WHIRLWIND (A METAL INDUSTRIAL FLOOR PEDESTAL FAN) WAS STANDING ON A DR FEET HIGH. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS STANDING ON THE DRY CONCRETE FLOOR, WAS ELECTRO CUTED. Y CONCRETE FLOOR. THE EQUIPMENT GROUNDING CONDUCTOR IN THE POWER SUPPLY CORD FOR THE FAN WAS NOT CONTINUOUS FROM THE ATTACHMENT PLUG TO THE FRAME OF THE FAN (AS TESTED WITH A PENLIGHT CONTINUITY TESTER AND A TIC-TRACER). THE POWER SUPPLY CO RD ALSO HAD ABOUT 0.25 INCH OF OUTER INSULATION PULLED BACK AT THE ATTACHMENT PL UG. THE FAN WAS PLUGGED INTO A FOUR-PLEX WALL OUTLET. (THE GROUNDING CONDUCTOR F OR THE RECEPTACLE OUTLET TESTED GOOD WITH A WOODHEAD MODEL 1750 TESTER.) ADDITIO NALLY, THE FAN WAS MISSING THE KNOB FOR ITS CONTROL SWITCH. AN EMPLOYEE GRABBED THE FAN BY ITS METAL UPRIGHT POST, WHICH WAS ABOUT 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND 6
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 365
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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