OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #893222
CAMERON GLEN INOVA
RESTON, VA·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WENT TO WORK ONE SUNDAY MORNING TO WORK HIS 7:30 AM TO 4:00 PM SHIFT . HE HAD TOLD A COWORKER THAT MORNING THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE WORKING ON A HEATI NG UNIT IN ONE OF THE ROOMS. WHEN HE DID NOT COME HOME FROM WORK, HIS RELATIVES CALLED TO CHECK ON HIM. A ROOM-TO-ROOM SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED, AND THE EMPLOYEE WA S FOUND ELECTROCUTED IN A ROOM IN AN UNOCCUPIED WING OF THE BUILDING. HE HAD APP ARENTLY BEEN REMOVING SOME PARTS FROM THE HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING UNIT IN T HAT ROOM, PRESUMABLY TO USE ON ANOTHER UNIT ELSEWHERE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 66 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 549
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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