Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170632954 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH LIVE PARTS THRU METAL CART

Accident Summary Nr: 170632954 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 03/31/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126124999	04/02/1997	3644	0	Stanley Home Decor

Abstract: An employee was working in a packaging area near a feeder machine. As he was moving a metal cart carrying machine parts, the cart hit a receptacle outlet. The contact knocked a plug connected to the outlet partway out of the receptacle, and the cart contacted one of the prongs of the loosened plug. The employee received an electric shock and sustained first- and second-degree burns to his hands. He was hospitalized for 3 days in an intensive care unit.

Keywords: BURN, RECEPTACLE, ELECTRICAL, E GI VII, ATTACHMENT PLUG, ELECTRIC SHOCK, CART

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126124999			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Packaging and filling machine operators

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