OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #570515
WHEELING PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION
YORKVILLE, OH—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT THRU EQUIPMENT WITH A DAMAGED CORD
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE OPERATING A SCISSOR LIFT TO RAISE A TANK. THEY WERE GOING TO INSTALL A NEW DRIVE SHAFT FOR THE COIL STEEL INSIDE THE TANK. THE POWER CABLE FO R THE LIFT BECAME WRAPPED AROUND THE PLATFORM BEING ELEVATED. AS THE LIFT WAS RA ISED, THE CABLE TIGHTENED, DAMAGING THE CONNECTIONS AND ENERGIZING THE SCISSOR L IFT. ONE OF THE TWO EMPLOYEES WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE TANK (WHICH WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE LIFT) AND, AS HE PROBABLY TOUCHED A WATER PIPE WITH HIS OTHER ARM, HE RECEIVED A FATAL ELECTRIC SHOCK.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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