Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14408199 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS

Accident Summary Nr: 14408199 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 11/13/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
116264524	11/14/1996	2819	0	Gulf Chemical & Metallurgical Corporation

Abstract: A maintenance employee was investigating a problem on an electrostatic precipitator. No one tested the precipitator circuit to determine if it was deenergized before the employee entered the center outlet door of the unit. As he was entering the precipitator, the employee contacted either the unit's energized plate or an energized conductor. He was electrocuted.

Keywords: MAINTENANCE, E GI IV, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, LOCKOUT, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISC

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	116264524			Fatality	Electric Shock	Not specified mechanics and repairers

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