OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #801720
E GI II,ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,ELECTRICAL,ELECTRICIAN,ELECTROCUTED,ELECTRICAL WORK,LOCKOUT,CIRCUIT BREAKER
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH LIVE PARTS
Investigation abstract
AN ELECTRICIAN WAS CHECKING ELECTRICAL CONTINUITY IN A CIRCUIT BREAKER ENCLOSURE . THE ENCLOSURE FOR THE 440/270-VOLT CIRCUIT BREAKER MEASURED 7 FEET HIGH AND 4 FEET WIDE. THE CIRCUIT BREAKER REMAINED ENERGIZED DURING THIS ENTIRE OPERATION. (THE BREAKER REPORTEDLY HAD TO REMAIN ENERGIZED SO THAT THE CONTINUITY COULD BE CHECKED.) AS HE WAS PULLING DEENERGIZED CONDUCTORS THROUGH A CONDUIT, THE ELECTR ICIAN CONTACTED ENERGIZED PARTS OF THE CIRCUIT BREAKER. HE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 575
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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