Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170579189 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN ELECTRIC MACHINE

Accident Summary Nr: 170579189 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 04/01/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109304618	04/01/1996	3356	0	Expac, Inc.

Abstract: An employee was picking up a metal tool from the floor. The tool was lying in water from a leaking pool. A ground fault in some electric machinery had energized a nearby cable tray. The employee, who had his hand on the cable tray when he touched the metal tool, received an electric shock. He was hospitalized for his injury.

Keywords: CABLE TRAY, ELECTRICAL, E GI VII, GROUND FAULT, EQUIPMENT GROUNDING, ELECTRIC SHOCK, ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISC, WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109304618			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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