OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #848481
ELECTRICAL,UNTRAINED,ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,E GI III,ELECTROCUTED,LOCKOUT,UNGUARDED LIVE PARTS,ELEC CIRC PART--MISC
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WALKED UP TO A RAYTHEON (MODEL NO. GS-1200) LASER WELDER THAT WAS BE ING INSTALLED. HE STOOD BEHIND THE TWO PERSONS WHO WERE COMPLETING THE INSTALLAT ION AND CLEANING THE MIRRORS. THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT SPEAK TO THE TWO INSTALLERS. HE PLACED HIS LEFT ARM ON THE GROUNDED FRAME OF THE MACHINE WHILE HE WAS STANDIN G IN FRONT OF UNGUARDED CIRCUIT BOARDS THAT WERE ENERGIZED AT 20 KILOVOLTS. APPA RENTLY, THERE WAS AN ELECTRIC ARC, ELECTROCUTING THE EMPLOYEE. THE EMPLOYEES HAD BEEN WARNED TO STAY AWAY FROM THE MACHINE DURING INSTALLATION; HOWEVER, THE ENE RGIZED PARTS OF THE MACHINE WERE NOT GUARDED NOR WERE BARRICADES INSTALLED AROUN D THE WORK AREA.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 2
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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