OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #884601
ELECTRICAL,E C,GROUND FAULT,EQUIPMENT GROUNDING,TEMPORARY WIRING,ELECTROCUTED,ELECTRICAL BOX
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN SPIDER BOX
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELING ON DAMP GROUND, PLUGGING AN EXTENSION CORD SET INTO A S PIDER BOX. NO GROUND-FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER HAD BEEN INSTALLED ON THE TEMPORA RY CIRCUIT FOR THE BOX, AND THE FRAME OF THE BOX WAS APPARENTLY ENERGIZED BY A G ROUND FAULT. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS HOLDING THE SPIDER BOX IN HIS LEFT HAND, WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 565
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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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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#982 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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