OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #977686
LIGHTING CIRCUIT,ELECTRICAL,ELECTRICIAN,ELECTROCUTED,LIGHTING FIXTURE,ELECTRICAL WORK,LOCKOUT,E C
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
AN ELECTRICIAN WAS WORKING FROM A MOBILE SCAFFOLD AT A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 4.5 FEET ANDING FACE DOWN, WHERE HE WAS LATER FOUND BY SOME COWORKERS. ABOVE THE FLOOR. HE WAS CONNECTING 277-VOLT CONDUCTORS TO AN EXISTING LIGHTING F IXTURE THAT WAS SUSPENDED FROM THE CEILING. THE SEVENTH FLOOR OF THIS OFFICE BUI LDING WAS BEING REMODELED, AND THE ELECTRICIAN WAS WORKING AS A PART OF THIS PRO JECT. THE CONDUCTORS HE WAS CONNECTING WERE CONTAINED IN FLEXIBLE CONDUIT. HE HA D ENERGIZED THE CONDUCTORS AT ABOUT 11:00 AM THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT. WHILE HE W AS CONNECTING THE WIRING, THE ELECTRICIAN CONTACTED ONE OF THE 277-VOLT CONDUCTO RS AND THE LIGHT FIXTURE AT THE SAME TIME. THE LIGHT FIXTURE WAS GROUNDED THROUG H A REPAIR WIRE, AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED. HE ALSO FELL TO THE FLOOR, L
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 575
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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