OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #801506
ELECTRICAL,E GI VI,ELECTROCUTED,UNGUARDED LIVE PARTS,BLIND REACHING,ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISC
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE HAD DISCONNECTED A 120-VOLT CONDUCTOR FOR A BASEBALL PITCHING MACHIN E. THIS MACHINE HAD BECOME JAMMED, AND THE EMPLOYEE REACHED INSIDE OF IT TO LOOS EN THE BASEBALLS. IN DOING THIS, HE CONTACTED AN ENERGIZED CONDUCTOR. THE EMPLOY EE, WHO WAS STANDING ON DRY CONCRETE, WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 16 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 459
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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