OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14525893
GLENNS POOL SERVICE INC
MIAMI BCH, FL—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - ELECTRIC DRILL FRAME ENERGIZED BY ADAPTER
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A COVER AT THE BOTTOM DRAIN OF AN EMPTY SWIMMING POOL OM THE METAL DRILL CASE, WHICH HAD BECOME ENERGIZED THROUGH THE GROUNDING TAB OF THE ADAPTER. . HE WAS USING AN ELECTRIC DRILL WITH A THREE-CONDUCTOR CORD SET PLUGGED INTO A GROUNDING-TYPE RECEPTACLE OUTLET. BETWEEN THE THREE-PRONGED PLUG ON THE DRILL'S PENDANT CORD AND THE CORD CONNECTOR (RECEPTACLE) ON THE CORD SET WAS AN ADAPTER DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A GROUNDING MEANS FOR UNGROUNDED RECEPTACLES. THIS ADAPTER H AD A TAB, WITH A HOLE FOR THE RECEPTACLE FACE PLATE SCREW, WHICH WAS BENT OVER A ND WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE UNGROUNDED PRONG OF THE ADAPTER. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WA S WEARING RUBBER-SOLED SHOES, APPARENTLY KNELT ON THE CONCRETE POOL BOTTOM TO DR ILL HOLES IN THE FLANGE OF THE DRAIN PIPE. HE RECEIVED A FATAL ELECTRIC SHOCK FR
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 21
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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