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Accident Summary Nr: 14206353 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN ELECTRIC HOIST

Accident Summary Nr: 14206353 -- Report ID: 1054116 -- Event Date: 02/20/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3085669	02/20/1986	2436	0	Roseburg Lumber Co Inc

Abstract: TWO MACHINE OPERATORS WERE MOVING A SCISSOR LIFT FORWARD, CHANGING THE SPREADER FROM 5 PLY TO 3 PLY. THE FRAME OF THE REAR HOIST ON THE LIFT, WHICH WAS NOT GROUNDED, HAD BEEN ENERGIZED BY A GROUND FAULT. BOTH EMPLOYEES GRABBED THE REAR HOIST AND THEN THE FRONT HOIST, WHICH WAS GROUNDED. BOTH EMPLOYEES RECEIVED ELECTRIC SHOCKS. ONE OF THEM FELL FREE OF THE HOIST AND WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE OTHER UNFORTUNATELY WAS FROZEN TO THE HOIST LONGER AND WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS. TWO COWORKERS ATTEMPTED CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION, BUT TO NO AVAIL; THE SECOND INJURED EMPLOYEE DIED OF ELECTROCUTION.

Keywords: ELECTRIC MOTOR, ELECTRICAL, CPR, E GI VII, ELECTROCUTED, GROUND FAULT, EQUIPMENT GROUNDING, ELECTRIC SHOCK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3085669			Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Cementing and gluing machine operators
2	3085669			Fatality	Electric Shock	Cementing and gluing machine operators

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