Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14491534 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - UNREPORTED CAUSE

Accident Summary Nr: 14491534 -- Report ID: 0214500 -- Event Date: 05/29/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100684158	06/01/1987	3612	0	Magnetek Universal Manufacturing

Abstract: TWO EMPLOYEES OF AN ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURING PLANT WERE TESTING FLUORESCENT LAMP BALLASTS ON A PRODUCTION LINE. ONE OF THE TWO EMPLOYEES SUSTAINED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK AND BURN ON HIS RIGHT HAND. ABOUT 30 MINUTES LATER, HE LEFT THE WORK LOCATION WITH THE LEAD WORKER TO OBTAIN FIRST AID FOR HIS INJURY. THIS LEFT THE OTHER EMPLOYEE TO WORK ALONE. AS THE TWO EMPLOYEES REACHED THE FIRST AID KIT, THEY HEARD THE OTHER EMPLOYEE SCREAM. THEY WENT BACK TO THE TEST STATION TO FIND HER ON THE FLOOR. SHE HAD BEEN ELECTROCUTED. (NO DETAILS ON THE CAUSE OF THE TWO INJURIES WERE SUPPLIED.)

Keywords: BURN, ELECTRICAL, E GI VII, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRIC SHOCK, ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISC

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100684158			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
2	100684158			Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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