Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170340137 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN ELECTRIC MOTOR

Accident Summary Nr: 170340137 -- Report ID: 0317900 -- Event Date: 12/28/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302327564	01/05/1999	5078	0	Quality Beverage Service, Inc.

Abstract: A newly hired service manager was helping adjust an ice-making machine after a repair. The machine had been wired temporarily with no equipment grounding conductor. It had an electrical short in the compressor motor windings, which caused a ground fault. The service manager was electrocuted.

Keywords: ELECTRIC MOTOR, E GI V, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRICAL WORK, GROUND FAULT, EQUIPMENT GROUNDING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302327564			Fatality	Electric Shock	Supervisors, mechanics and repairers

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