Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14492474 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS

Accident Summary Nr: 14492474 -- Report ID: 0214500 -- Event Date: 03/16/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109040931	03/16/1993	3083	0	Ebr Manufacturing, Inc.

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A PLASTIC QUILTING MACHINE. HE NOTICED A MALFUNCTION IN THE MACHINE--ELECTRICAL CONTACTS ON THE DIE WERE ARCING. THE EMPLOYEE SHUT THE MACHINE DOWN, WENT TO THE DIE AREA, AND REMOVED A BARRIER GUARD. HE THEN LEANED ABOUT 3.5 FEET INTO THE MACHINE TO EXAMINE THE CONTACTS. THE EMPLOYEE APPARENTLY APPROACHED TOO CLOSE TO THE 10-KILOVOLT, RADIO-FREQUENCY CONTACTS AND WAS ELECTROCUTED. THE GUARD WAS FOUND TO BE CAPABLE OF BEING REMOVED EASILY BY ANYONE, AND NO INTERLOCKING OF THE MECHANICAL OR ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS OF THE MACHINE WAS PROVIDED.

Keywords: E GI IV, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, LOCKOUT, UNGUARDED LIVE PARTS, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, UNTRAINED, ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISC

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109040931			Fatality	Electric Shock	Misc. metal & plastic processing machine operators

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