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Accident Summary Nr: 14496160 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH REENERGIZED PARTS

Accident Summary Nr: 14496160 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 12/23/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1412436	12/24/1984	1731	0	Brown & Root Inc

Abstract: TWO EMPLOYEES WERE RELOCATING THE WIRING FOR A 15-KILOVOLT CIRCUIT FROM ONE CABINET TO ANOTHER IN A POWER ROOM FOR A PAPER MILL. POWER TO THE MILL WAS OFF, THE BREAKERS WERE REMOVED, AND THE TERMINALS HAD BEEN TESTED WITH A 'GLOW' STICK AND FOUND TO BE DEENERGIZED. HOWEVER, PROTECTIVE GROUNDS WERE NOT USED. THE EMPLOYEES HAD BEEN WORKING WITH THE CONDUCTORS FOR ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR WHEN THE CONDUCTORS BECAME ENERGIZED FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE--POSSIBLY A PORTABLE GENERATOR. ONE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED, AND ANOTHER RECEIVED SEVERE ELECTRIC SHOCK AND BURNS AND WAS HOSPITALIZED.

Keywords: BURN, PROTECTIVE GROUNDING, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, ELECTRIC SHOCK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1412436			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers
2	1412436			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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