Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 564542 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN ELECTRIC MOTOR

Accident Summary Nr: 564542 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 06/24/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107609760	06/26/1991	2421	0	Georgia-Pacific Corporation

Abstract: An employee and his supervisor were beneath a sawmill floor trying to locate the source of a burning smell near a resaw drive motor. The employee touched a metal-clad cable attached to the motor base. The cable became energized when one phase of the electric motor faulted, and the employee was electrocuted.

Keywords: ELECTRIC MOTOR, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRIC CABLE, E GI VII, ELECTROCUTED, GROUND FAULT, EQUIPMENT GROUNDING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107609760			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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