Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201921194 - electric shock - contact with energized parts

Accident Summary Nr: 201921194 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 10/31/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123618779	11/02/1998	1799	0	Omega Environmental, Inc.

Abstract: An employee was servicing a sump pump on a premium gasoline tank at a gasoline station. He was placing the cover on a housing for a 480-volt capacitor. The housing did not fit the capacitor properly, and the capacitor fell against the housing wall with its terminals touching the housing. When the employee placed one hand on the housing and the other hand on the metal ring of the manhole opening, he was electrocuted. Electrical burns were found on his hands and evidence of electric arcing was found on the capacitor terminals and the inside of the housing.

Keywords: E GI IV, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, CAPACITOR, LOCKOUT, MECH MALFUNCTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Other		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	123618779			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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