Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 567206 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN ELECTRIC FAN

Accident Summary Nr: 567206 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 07/22/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110360146	07/24/1996	0761	0	Vernal Singleton Contractor

Abstract: An employee was helping to load live chickens for transportation to a chicken processing plant. The employer was using an old fan of a type that is normally used at a chicken processing plant to keep chickens cool before processing. The fan was 1 meter wide and 1 meter tall, and it had been converted to a portable fan on wheels. While the fan was operating, the employee grabbed it to move it to another location. The employee fell backwards, and the fan fell on top of him. The employee was electrocuted by an apparent ground fault in the fan.

Keywords: FAN, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, GROUND FAULT, EQUIPMENT GROUNDING, E AG, ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISC

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	110360146			Fatality	Electric Shock	Farm workers

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