OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221479645
RACK BUILDERS, INC.
QUINCY, IL—
Event description
Employee Dies After Being Electrocuted Due to Damaged Cable
Investigation abstract
At 1:50 a.m. on July 16, 2022, an employee was closing an overhead door adjacent died from the electric shock injuries. It was determined that the portable cord run through a wire way hole was exposed to a sharp edge which cut the wire sheath and insultation and exposed the bare conductor. The attachment plug was also missing the ground pin. to a welding station at a fabricated metal manufacturing facility. A portable electric fan mounted on a pedestal was plugged into a wall receptacle at the overhead door. Coworkers noticed several minutes later than the employee was sitting on a crate at the overhead door and his left arm was in contact with the portable fan. When a coworker attempted to close the overhead door and moved the portable electric fan, he noticed an electric arc when contact between the fan and the employee's arm was broken. A coworker initiated CPR and requested medical assistance. The employee was transported to the local hospital where he
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Event type
- 13
- Occupation code
- 783
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