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Accident Summary Nr: 302041603 - electric shock - ground fault in attachment plug

Accident Summary Nr: 302041603 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 05/12/1998
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
30204160305/13/199836790Cherry Electric Corporation

Abstract: An employee finished setting up a plastic molding machine and was preparing to run sample parts to verify correct operation of the machine. He plugged the attachment plug for the machine's cooling-water pump unit into a twist-lock receptacle outlet, which was defective. The improperly aligned attachment plug caused the equipment grounding conductor for the pump to be connected to the ungrounded circuit conductor energizing the housing of the pump unit. When the employee contacted the energized housing of the pump unit, he was electrocuted.

Keywords: E GI V, RECEPTACLE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, ATTACHMENT PLUG, ELECTRIC PUMP, GROUND FAULT, EQUIPMENT GROUNDING

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 302041603 Fatality Electric Shock Occupation not reported

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