Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 157599.015 - Employee dies via electrocution

Accident Summary Nr: 157599.015 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 06/27/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1679811.015	06/27/2023		332323	Fabritech Solutions, Llc

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on June 27, 2023, an employee was working to reinstall a plug attachment to the metal clad cable that runs from a 480V roll-in saw (model DT1340; serial number 08004DT) bandsaw. After affixing the wires to the plug's terminals, the employee inserted the plug into the receptacle end of a powered extension cord. The employee's left hand was contacting the live terminals at the plug attachment and body touching the frame of the machine when the connection was made, resulting in a fatal electrical shock from the 480-volt power source.

Keywords: Bandsaw, Electric Shock, Electrocuted

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1679811.015	32	M	Fatality		Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.

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