Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 723965 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN CONDUIT

Accident Summary Nr: 723965 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 08/23/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103455606	08/24/1993	1711	0	Westbock Company

Abstract: An employee working on the fifth floor (the Matrix area) of a rendering plant was welding some piping into place. The piping was used to transport rendered fatty material. The employee was moving a "sealtite" conduit to access the work area. The conduit had become energized by contact with a contained conductor that had become disconnected from its terminal inside a junction box. The employee was electrocuted when he touched the conduit.

Keywords: E GI III, ELECTRICAL, CONDUIT, ELECTROCUTED, GROUND FAULT, EQUIPMENT GROUNDING, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103455606			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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