Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170063374 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS

Accident Summary Nr: 170063374 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 12/31/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18518688	01/02/1992	2621	0	Federal Paper Board Co., Inc.

Abstract: THREE EMPLOYEES, AN ELECTRICIAN, A RECOVERY FOREMAN, AND AN INSTRUMENT MECHANIC, WERE ASSIGNED TO WORK ON A RECOVERY BOILER PRECIPITATOR AT A PULP AND PAPER MILL. THE PRECIPITATOR HAD A GROUNDING PROBLEM IN THE THIRD FIELD OF THE PENTHOUSE AREA. THE INSTRUMENT MECHANIC RAN A GAS TEST FOR OXYGEN, HYDROGEN SULFIDE, FLAMMABILITY, AND MERCAPTANS. THE TEST RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE, AND A CONFINED SPACE PERMIT WAS ISSUED. HOWEVER, EVEN THOUGH THE RECOVERY FOREMAN HAD AUTHORIZED THE PERMIT, THE PRECIPITATOR HAD NOT BEEN DEENERGIZED AND LOCKED OUT. THE ELECTRICIAN ENTERED THE CONFINED SPACE AND WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN HE APPARENTLY CONTACTED AN EXPOSED ENERGIZED PART OF THE 51-KILOVOLT DC PRECIPITATOR.

Keywords: E GI IV, ELECTRICAL, CONFINED SPACE, ELECTRICIAN, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRICAL WORK, LOCKOUT, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISC

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18518688			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electricians

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