Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139533.015 - Worker operating power washer is electrocuted as GFCI fails

Accident Summary Nr: 139533.015 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 09/23/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1554776.015	09/24/2021		112210	Carthage System Genetics, Llc.

Abstract: At 6:30 p.m. on September 23, 2021, an employee was working for a firm that helped farmers raise pigs from birth to slaughter. He was operating a 240-volt single phase Aladdin power washer to clean farrowing room #5. The ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) on the outlet he was using failed to activate. The employee received an electric shock from the electric current traveling down the hose and onto the wand. He was electrocuted.

Keywords: Agriculture, Cleaning, Current Leakage, Defective Equipment, Electric Shock, Electric current, Electrical, Electrical Fault, Electrocuted, Equipment Failure, Equipment Grounding, Equipment Operator, Ground Fault, Outlet, Water, Wet

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1554776.015	22	M	Fatality

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