OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14346126
DAN MORGAN CONCRETE, INCORPORATED
ORLANDO, FL—
Event description
Electric Shock - Ground Fault in Utilization Equipment
Investigation abstract
A water cooler with a ground fault had been installed in the office trailer of a construction site. Connecting the cooler to a receptacle in the trailer energiz ed the equipment grounding conductor run throughout the trailer. The next day, a n employee used a rebar cutter supplied by an extension cord set that was plugge d into another receptacle in the trailer. The trailer circuit was not protected by a ground-fault circuit interrupter. The case of the cutter became energized t hrough the equipment grounding conductor in the cord set, and the employee was e lectrocuted.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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