Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170582431 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT

Accident Summary Nr: 170582431 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 04/19/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106101108	04/24/1995	2421	0	Strickland Lumber Co. Inc.

Abstract: An employee was feeding a trim saw with wood when a discharge conveyor stopped running. He stopped feeding the wood so that he could check the conveyor. Neither the saw nor the conveyor were grounded. An apparent ground fault energized either the saw or the conveyor or both. As the employee was checking the conveyor, he contacted the frame of the trim saw and fell across the conveyor. He had been electrocuted.

Keywords: E GI V, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRIC SAW, GROUND FAULT, EQUIPMENT GROUNDING, ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISC

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106101108			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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