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Accident Summary Nr: 200355568 - Employee Is Electrocuted When Resetting Circuit Breaker

Accident Summary Nr: 200355568 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 08/28/2006
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
31004417708/29/20062077311613Valley Proteins, Inc.

Abstract: On August 28, 2006, Employee #1, the maintenance supervisor who was trained/listed as a qualified electrician, was resetting a circuit breaker, which had apparently tripped due to operating system overpressure. The circuit breaker was inside a steel cabinet, within a room, which had a bare concrete floor and was designated for high voltage electrical systems. Employee #1 may have made contact with live, 480-volt AC (alternating current) electricity and was apparently killed by an electric shock. According to witnesses, no protective/insulating gloves were used in the area, and Employee #1 was not wearing any at the time of the accident.

Keywords: ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, PPE, ELECTRICIAN, ELECTROCUTED, CIRCUIT BREAKER, ELECTRIC SHOCK, ELECTRICAL CABINET

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 310044177 Fatality Electric Shock Electricians

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