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Accident Summary Nr: 201280039 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN WASHER-DRIER

Accident Summary Nr: 201280039 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 09/13/1996
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
30096677709/17/199642140Adams Transfer & Storage Co., Inc.

Abstract: An employee of a moving and storage company was installing a washer-drier in an apartment. To perform the installation, the employee had to connect the power supply cord for the unit. He connected the neutral conductor on the cord to one of the terminals for the ungrounded circuit conductors and one of the two ungrounded circuit conductors to the neutral terminal on the washer-drier. When the employee connected the attachment plug on the cord to the 240-volt receptacle outlet, the frame of the washer-drier became energized. The employee was electrocuted when he touched the washer-drier.

Keywords: E GI III, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, GROUND FAULT, EQUIPMENT GROUNDING, ELECTRIC CORD, UNTRAINED, ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISC

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 300966777 Fatality Electric Shock Occupation not reported

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