Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14212914 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN FOOD WARMER

Accident Summary Nr: 14212914 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 07/15/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101130599	07/15/1988	5812	0	Ponderosa Steakhouse Inc.

Abstract: An employee was filling a steam table with warm food. The strain relief on the food warmer's power supply cord was no longer working as intended. Consequently, the equipment grounding conductor and the grounded neutral conductor had pulled away from their screws in the cord's attachment plug. The equipment grounding conductor was apparently contacting the ungrounded circuit conductor, energizing the case of the food warmer. The employee filling the food warmer was electrocuted when he touched it.

Keywords: E GI V, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, ATTACHMENT PLUG, GROUND FAULT, EQUIPMENT GROUNDING, STRAIN RELIEF, ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISC

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101130599			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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