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Accident Summary Nr: 594218 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN LIGHTING FIXTURE

Accident Summary Nr: 594218 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 02/25/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18304659	02/27/1991	2015	0	Sanderson Farms

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A SOAP AND WATER LINE ON A SHACKLE WASHER ABOVE A LINE IN THE CUT UP DEPARTMENT OF A CHICKEN PROCESSING PLANT. SEVERAL 8-FOOT-LONG FLUORESCENT LIGHTS WERE LOCATED IN THE AREA WHERE THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING. THE 277-VOLT LIGHTING FIXTURES, WHICH WERE NOT GROUNDED EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE LOCATED IN A WET LOCATION, WERE SUSPENDED BY 0.25-INCH-DIAMETER METAL RODS. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS STANDING ON THE GUARDRAILS OF AN ELEVATED WALKWAY, SLIPPED. AS HE FELL, HE GRABBED THE UNGROUNDED LIGHT AND A 0.75-INCH-DIAMETER GROUNDED METAL PIPE. THE LIGHTING FIXTURE HAD A GROUND FAULT, AND THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK. HE DIED 40 MINUTES LATER IN A HOSPITAL. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE VOLTAGE BETWEEN THE FIXTURE AND THE METAL PIPE MEASURED 234 VOLTS.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, E GI VII, ELECTROCUTED, LIGHTING FIXTURE, SLIP, GROUND FAULT, EQUIPMENT GROUNDING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18304659			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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