OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #976571
E GI III,ELECTRICAL,ELECTRICAL FAULT,FLYING OBJECT,ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISC
Event description
HIT BY FLYING OBJECT - ELECTRICAL FAULT IN CONTROL UNIT
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING UP AN ENFUSION CONTROL UNIT TO FUSE 4-INCH POLYPROPYLENE PIPE. HE MADE THE CONNECTIONS TO THE CONTROL UNIT FOR THE PIPE TO BE FUSED, AND THEN HE PLUGGED THE CONTROL UNIT INTO A 20-AMPERE, 120-VOLT RECEPTACLE OUTLET. HE WENT TO THE CONTROL UNIT TO START THE ENFUSION PROCESS AND NOTICED THAT THERE WERE NO READINGS ON THE UNIT AND THAT THE PANEL WAS NOT LIT. HE TURNED THE RESE T KNOB ON THE CONTROL UNIT, AND THE UNIT BLEW APART WITH A LOUD BOOM. THE EMPLOY EE WAS STRUCK IN THE FACE AND THE EYE BY THE CONTROL PANEL. HE WAS TAKEN TO A HO SPITAL, WHERE HE WAS TREATED FOR EYE DAMAGE AND RELEASED.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 8
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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