OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14348197
RABEY ELECTRIC CO INC
RINCON, GA—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK AND BURNS - DIRECT CONTACT WITH LIVE PARTS
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS INSTRUCTED BY HIS FOREMAN TO CLIMB AN 18.25-FOOT-HIGH SUBSTATION SWITCH STAND TO HELP INSTALL A 3-INCH BY 18-FOOT ALUMINUM BUS. THE BUS WAS TO R UN FROM THE CIRCUIT BREAKER TO THE SWITCH ON THE LOAD SIDE OF THE SWITCH STAND. HE WAS TO BOLT THE BUS TO THE SWITCH WITH HAND TOOLS. THE EMPLOYEE CLIMBED THE S WITCH STAND AND WALKED TOWARD THE OPPOSITE END OF THE STAND, WHERE THE SWITCH WA S LOCATED. WHEN HE REACHED THE CENTER OF THE STAND, HE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOC K FROM A 115-KILOVOLT SWITCH LOCATED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SWITCH STAND. HE S USTAINED SERIOUS BURNS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS BODY AND LEG FRACTURES.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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