OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14525612
A AND H SEAWALL SEALERS INC
FT LAUDERDALE, FL—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - FAULTY EXTENSION CORD SET
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A WET FOOTING IN THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY USING AN UNGROUNDED EXTENSION CORD SET. THE CORD SET HAD TWO BAD SPLICES, CREATING A DIRE CT SHORT TO THE METAL PART OF THE RECEPTACLE ON THE EXTENSION CORD. (THE EXTENSI ON CORD WAS NOT PROTECTED BY A GROUND-FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER OR BY AN ASSURED EQUIPMENT GROUNDING CONDUCTOR PROGRAM.) THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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