OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14300412
TEL A COM HAWAII INC
HONOLULU, HI—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN LIGHTING CIRCUIT
Investigation abstract
A TELEPHONE LINE INSTALLER IN THE CRAWL SPACE OF A SUSPENDED CEILING HAD COMPLET OSPITAL BY AMBULANCE. THE EMPLOYEE HAD DIED OF ELECTROCUTION. ED INSTALLING TELEPHONE CABLES ABOVE THE CEILING. TO EXIT THE CRAWL SPACE, HE CR AWLED UNDER A 3-FOOT-WIDE AIR CONDITIONING DUCT LOCATED 14.5 INCHES ABOVE THE SU SPENDED CEILING. A 4-INCH-BY-1.5-INCH METAL JUNCTION BOX WAS MOUNTED BENEATH THE DUCT ON A METAL CEILING SUPPORT CHANNEL. THE CHANNEL, IN TURN, WAS CONNECTED TO A 120-VOLT FLUORESCENT LIGHTING FIXTURE IN THE SHOP BELOW. FELLOW WORKERS FOUND THE EMPLOYEE LYING UNCONSCIOUS BETWEEN THE DUCT AND THE CEILING. A TINGLING SEN SATION WAS FELT BY THE OTHERS WHEN THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS TOUCHED. THE CIRCUIT WAS DEENERGIZED, AND HE WAS REMOVED FROM THE CEILING AND TAKEN TO THE NEAREST H
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 527
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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