OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #848275
E GI III,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,ELEC CIRC PART--MISC
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
AN ELEVATOR REPAIR WORKER WAS WORKING IN AN ELEVATOR EQUIPMENT ROOM ON A ROUTINE CONTRACT MAINTENANCE VISIT. THE EQUIPMENT ROOM CONTAINED EXPOSED, ENERGIZED 120 /240-VOLT ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT. THE 56-YEAR-OLD EMPLOYEE, WHO HAD BEEN DETERMINED TO BE QUALIFIED FOR THE PURPOSE OF WORKING IN VAULTS OR ROOMS WITH EXPOSED ENERG IZED PARTS, WAS FOUND DEAD A DISTANCE OF SEVERAL FEET FROM THE EXPOSED ENERGIZED PARTS. THE CORONER FOUND NO ELECTRICAL BURN MARKS ON HIS BODY AND FOUND THAT HI S HEART APPEARED NORMAL. DESPITE THE LACK OF BURN MARKS, THE CORONER CONCLUDED T HAT THE EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 7
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 14
- Task assigned
- 1
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