OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14195135
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION
NEWBURG, MD—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A TURBINE. HE HAD TIGHTENED TEN LARGE BOLTS WITH A TO RQUE WRENCH. HE THEN INSERTED BOLT HEATERS AND TIGHTENED THEM DOWN WITH A HAND W RENCH. FOUR BOLT HEATERS HAD BEEN INSERTED, AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE FI FTH ONE TO ENSURE THAT IT WAS HEATING BEFORE PUTTING IT INTO PLACE. EMPLOYEE WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS ON THE STEEL DECK. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT. T HE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS REPORTED TO BE ELECTROCUTION.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 544
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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