OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #758045
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
EVANSVILLE, IN·
Event description
BURN - ELECTRICAL FAULT IN FUSE BOX
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES, A MILLWRIGHT AND AN ELECTRICIAN, WERE WORKING ON A TRUMBULL FUSE BOX. THE COVER OF THE BOX WAS OPEN, AND THE ELECTRICIAN WAS HOLDING THE INTERLOC K WITH A SCREWDRIVER AS HE TURNED ON THE FUSE BOX SWITCH. THE ELECTRICIAN WAS DE FEATING THE INTERLOCK SO THAT HE COULD CHECK THE BOX WHILE IT WAS ENERGIZED IN O RDER TO TROUBLESHOOT THE CIRCUIT TO SOME EXHAUST FANS THAT WERE NOT OPERATING. T HE SCREWDRIVER WAS APPARENTLY CONTACTING CURRENT-CARRYING PARTS WHEN THE BOX WAS ENERGIZED, AND THE BOX EXPLODED. BOTH EMPLOYEES WERE SEVERELY BURNED AND WERE H OSPITALIZED FOR THEIR INJURIES.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 544
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 575
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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