Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 593558 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN CHOP SAW CONTROL

Accident Summary Nr: 593558 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 09/09/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102679115	09/09/1994	2448	0	Alford Lumber Company, Inc.

Abstract: An industrial truck operator filling in for an absent chop saw operator was running a chop saw from a remote station. It had rained the previous night, and accumulated saw dust was saturated with water. A foot treadle in the operating station had come loose from its mount and had fallen into the saturated saw dust. The employee apparently stepped into the sawdust, which had been energized by the broken control. He was electrocuted. (There were no witnesses to the accident.)

Keywords: E GI V, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, GROUND FAULT, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISC, WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102679115			Fatality	Electric Shock	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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