Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14377295 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS

Accident Summary Nr: 14377295 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 04/17/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17685827	04/23/1990	6512	0	Shetland Properties

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE WAS AT THE PLATFORM LEVEL OF AN OLD BOILER ROOM WHERE AN OLD 500 KILOVOLT-AMPERE TRANSFORMER WAS LOCATED. HE WAS NOT AUTHORIZED TO ENTER THE BUILDING WHERE THE TRANSFORMER WAS LOCATED. APPARENTLY, THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT REALIZE THAT THE TRANSFORMER CONTAINED ENERGIZED PARTS; AND WHEN HE REACHED INTO THE TRANSFORMER, HE CONTACTED THEM. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: E GI III, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, UNGUARDED LIVE PARTS, TRANSFORMER, UNTRAINED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17685827			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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