OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #981423
LIGHTING CIRCUIT,E GI IV,ELECTRICAL,ELECTRIC SWITCH,ELECTRICIAN,ELECTROCUTED,ELECTRICAL WORK,LOCKOUT
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - FAILURE OF LOCKOUT SYSTEM
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ALONE, REPLACING AN OLD LAMPPOST. HE WAS KNEELING ON THE E WAS ELECTROCUTED. THE COMPANY HAD NO TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ITS EMPLOYEES. GROUND, PULLING CONDUCTORS FROM THE OLD LAMPPOST, WHICH WAS 15 FEET FROM THE FR ONT OF A HOUSE AND 2 FEET EAST OF THE MAIN WALK. HE HAD TURNED OFF THE SWITCH CO NTROLLING THE LIGHT; HOWEVER, THE NEUTRAL AND UNGROUNDED CIRCUIT CONDUCTOR OF TH E 120-VOLT LIGHTING CIRCUIT WERE REVERSED. THE UNGROUNDED CIRCUIT CONDUCTOR THUS REMAINED ENERGIZED AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING. ADDITIONALLY, THE EMPLOYEE WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE TYPE OF WIRING USED FOR THE LIGHTING CIRCUIT (WHICH THE RE PORT REFERRED TO AS KNOB AND TUBE WIRING). AS HE WAS REMOVING THE CONDUIT AND TH E CONDUCTORS, THE ENERGIZED CIRCUIT CONDUCTOR CONTACTED THE CONDUIT. THE EMPLOYE
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 575
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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