Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 200775518 - Employee Is Electrocuted Due to Faulty Transformer
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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312589344 | 09/30/2008 | 4013 | 488210 | Springfield Terminal Railway Co. |
Abstract: On September 30, 2008, Employee #1 entered a trailer that its transformer had been struck by lightning a few days before. The trailer was energized and Employee #1 was electrocuted as he entered the trailer. Employee #1 was taken to a local hospital, where he was hospitalized and treated. The accident revealed that the windings in the transformer may have been damaged when stuck by lightening, thus energizing the trailer.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 312589344 | Hospitalized injury | Electric Shock | Occupation not reported |