Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14560403 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS

Accident Summary Nr: 14560403 -- Report ID: 0112600 -- Event Date: 06/29/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101533008	07/02/1987	3089	0	All Engineering, Inc.

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A PLASTIC MOLDING MACHINE AND AN ADJACENT GRINDER. HE WAS USING THE GRINDER, WHICH WAS LOCATED 3 FEET FROM THE MOLDING MACHINE, TO GRIND SCRAP FROM THE PLASTIC AFTER IT CAME OUT OF THE MOLDING MACHINE. ONE CONDUCTOR OF A THREE-PHASE, DELTA-CONNECTED SYSTEM WAS USED TO GROUND THE MOLDING MACHINE. A MAGNETIC MOTOR STARTER WAS CONNECTED TO THE SAME SYSTEM. THERE HAD BEEN POOR MAINTENANCE OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS ON BOTH MACHINES. THE MACHINE OPERATOR CONTACTED THE MOLDING MACHINE AND EXPOSED, ENERGIZED PARTS OF THE MOTOR STARTER AT THE SAME TIME. HE WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: ELECTRIC MOTOR, E GI V, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, UNGUARDED LIVE PARTS

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101533008			Fatality	Electric Shock	Molding and casting machine operators

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