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Accident Summary Nr: 200212702 - Employee Is Electrocuted by Submerged Sump Pump

Accident Summary Nr: 200212702 -- Report ID: 0626000 -- Event Date: 03/03/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314197476	03/03/2010	1389	213112	Wireline Control Systems

Abstract: Employee #1 was working alone at a pressure wash bay at an oilfield equipment rentals yard. Employee #1 was wash cleaning some open-ended pipe. Employee #1 was found by coworkers, collapsed on the bay floor. Employee #1 received a fatal electrical shock from stepping down into an uncovered floor drain sump. The submerged sump pump was improperly installed and poorly maintained. The sump pump was also not provided with ground fault circuit (GFCI) protection. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: CLEANING, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRIC PUMP, ELECTRIC SHOCK, UNGUARDED, ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISC

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314197476			Fatality	Electric Shock	Laborers, except construction

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