OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14525364
COURTAD CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS INC
BOCA RATON, FL—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - UTILIZATION EQUIPMENT
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS ENGAGED IN OPERATIONS RELATED TO SECURING SHEET ALUMINUM TO A MA THE CORD SETS. NONE OF THE RECEPTACLES WERE GFCI-PROTECTED, NOR WAS THERE AN ASS URED EQUIPMENT GROUNDING CONDUCTOR PROGRAM IN EFFECT. A CHECK OF THE TOOL AND CO RDS ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN USED GAVE NO INDICATION OF WHAT CAUSED THE ELECTRIC SHO CK. NSARD ROOF OVERHANG OF A NEW BUILDING. HE CLIMBED A WOODEN EXTENSION LADDER TO T HE ROOF FRAMING, APPROXIMATELY 16 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. HE WAS CARRYING AN EL ECTRIC SCREW GUN IN ONE HAND AND HAD CORD SETS SLUNG OVER HIS SHOULDER. HE TURNE D SLIGHTLY AND SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN SHOCKED. THEN HE FELL TO THE GROUND, STRIKI NG A PROTRUDING SCAFFOLD PLANK ON THE WAY DOWN. HE IMMEDIATELY GOT UP, SAYING AG AIN THAT HE HAD BEEN SHOCKED, TOOK ABOUT 2 STEPS, AND FELL DOWN AGAIN. HE DIED O F ELECTROCUTION. A PERMANENT RECEPTACLE OUTLET INSTALLED IN AN EXISTING BUILDING , ABOUT 300 FEET AWAY, WAS BEING USED TO PROVIDE POWER TO THE SCREW GUN THROUGH
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 21
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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