Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201953932 - Employee Is Electrocuted While Using Pressure Washer

Accident Summary Nr: 201953932 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 09/17/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308043850	09/18/2004	2051	311812	Klosterman Baking Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 plugged a 220 volt pressure washer into an outlet to begin washing down a wall in a bakery. The employee was later found by his supervisor lying on the floor, unconscious, and not breathing. Employee #1 had been electrocuted. Later investigation of the pressure washer and the 240 volt receptacle into which it was plugged revealed that the pressure washer was improperly wired, with a hot phase on its plug connected to the case of the machine. This energized the machine frame and other parts of the pressure washer and equipment in electrical continuity with the machine.

Keywords: SHOCK, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, ELECTRICAL, CLEANING, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRIC SHOCK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	308043850			Fatality	Electric Shock	Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec

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