OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #767129
E GI II,ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,ELECTRICAL,INSULATED TOOL,ELECTRICIAN,ELECTROCUTED,ELECTRICAL WORK,LOCKOUT,TRANSFORMER
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED CONDUCTOR
Investigation abstract
A journeyman maintenance electrician was checking the phases on the legs of a th dered until after the fatality. ree-phase current transformer. He was connecting bare alligator clip leads to a separable terminal on the secondary side of the transformer. He would then open the separable terminal by inserting a non-conducting object to separate the term inal. He was electrocuted when he removed a lead clip before the separating obje ct was removed. The voltage was sufficient to cause an electric arc. A coworker said that the electrician might have forgotten to remote the separator object fi rst or the alligator clip might have popped off and into the employee's hand. A device specifically designed for making the attachments was available but not or
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 575
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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