OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14510648
CONSOLIDATED FOUNDRY INC
SAN ANTONIO, TX—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
A maintenance supervisor was repairing an electrical problem in a Halbert 2.7-me tric-ton overhead crane. The crane was not equipped with a circuit breaker that could be locked in the open position, nor was the circuit deenergized before he began work. The employee contacted energized parts on a 480-volt transformer whi le he was standing on a metal walkboard on a rubber-tired mobile scaffold. The s caffold was grounded through the bridge rails. The employee was electrocuted.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 503
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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