OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #943027
SERVICE CONDUCTOR,ELECTRICAL,E GI VII,ELECTROCUTED,GROUND FAULT,PLUMBING,SYSTEM GROUNDING,METAL PIPE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - IMPROPER SYSTEM GROUNDING
Investigation abstract
A 24-YEAR-OLD APPRENTICE PLUMBER WAS REPAIRING A LEAK IN A COLD WATER PIPE. APPA RENTLY, THE CONDUCTORS LEADING FROM THE TEMPORARY SERVICE TO THE HOUSE WHERE THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING HAD BEEN WIRED SO THAT ONE OF THE CIRCUIT CONDUCTORS WAS C ONNECTED WHERE THE NEUTRAL CONDUCTOR SHOULD HAVE GONE. THE WIRING ERROR ENERGIZE D THE COPPER WATER PIPE. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE EMPLOYEE DIED OF ELECTROCUTIO N WHILE HE WAS WORKING ON THE PIPE, EVEN THOUGH THE MEDICAL EXAMINER FOUND NO BU RN MARKS ON THE BODY.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 587
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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