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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #995696

FRACTURE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTRIC SWITCH,SPINE,E GI VII,ELECTRIC SHOCK,FALL

Event
FRACTURE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTRIC SWITCH,SPINE,E GI VII,ELECTRIC SHOCK,FALL
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
995696
Report ID
452110

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK & FALL - CAUSE UNKNOWN

Investigation abstract

An employee was starting a paper baler. As he was pulling on the start/stop swit ch, he received an electric shock from the 120-volt circuit. The employee fell t o the floor and sustained a fractured coccyx as a result of the fall.

Victim

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 23 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    31
    Event type
    4
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    12
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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