Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170194930 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN ELECTRIC DRILL

Accident Summary Nr: 170194930 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 09/05/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112033394	09/06/1990	1751	0	Sterling Door Service

Abstract: An employee was repairing 3-meter by 3-meter roll-up doors on a clock. He was using a 120-volt drill to drill a 6-millimeter-diameter hole through a steel support beam. (The employee owned the drill.) The employee was electrocuted by a ground fault in the drill. The grounding pin was missing from the attachment plug on the drill's power supply cord.

Keywords: E GI V, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, ATTACHMENT PLUG, GROUND FAULT, EQUIPMENT GROUNDING, ELECTRIC DRILL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112033394			Fatality	Electric Shock	Not specified mechanics and repairers

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