OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #828608
ELEC INSULATION,ELECTRICAL,AGRICULTURE,ELECTROCUTED,FALL,ELECTRIC CORD,E AG,METAL PIPE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WORKING ON A FARM FELL AND, IN FALLING, GRABBED AN ENERGIZED ELECTRI C CORD. AS HE WAS FALLING, HE PULLED THE CORD AGAINST A PIPE, CUTTING A 0.125-IN CH SLIT IN THE CORD'S INSULATION. THIS ENERGIZED THE PIPE; AND, WHEN THE EMPLOYE E'S LEG TOUCHED THE PIPE, HE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 479
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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