Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170620306 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - APPARENT GROUND FAULT IN TORTILLIA MACHINE

Accident Summary Nr: 170620306 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 12/30/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120190590	12/30/1994	2099	0	Mission Foods Corporation

Abstract: An employee had removed a lockout device from a corn flour tortilla machine after it had been sanitized. He connected a sheeter head to an outlet and climbed onto an access platform for the machine. The 26-year-old employee reached for a part of the equipment and died. At the same time, a witness felt a jolt and jumped from the bottom step of the platform. An investigation by an independent electrical contractor performed after the accident found no electrical fault.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120190590			Fatality	Electric Shock	Roasting and baking machine operators, food

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