Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14342364 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN RECEPTACLE OUTLET

Accident Summary Nr: 14342364 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 12/01/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101715324	12/05/1986	1522	0	Bmw Builders Inc.

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PORTABLE ELECTRIC CRAFTSMAN SABER SAW. THE SAW WAS PLUGGED INTO A 15-AMPERE, 120-VOLT, WALL-MOUNTED RECEPTACLE. THE CONDUCTORS FEEDING THE RECEPTACLE HAD HAD EXCESSIVE INSULATION REMOVED FROM THEM. AS A RESULT, THE UNGROUNDED CIRCUIT CONDUCTOR HAD CONTACTED THE EXPOSED GROUNDING TERMINAL WITHIN THE OUTLET BOX. THIS ENERGIZED THE GROUNDING CONDUCTOR AND THE FRAME OF THE ELECTRIC SAW. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: ELEC INSULATION, RECEPTACLE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRIC SAW, E C, GROUND FAULT, EQUIPMENT GROUNDING, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101715324			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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