Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 809988 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS

Accident Summary Nr: 809988 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 03/09/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3024684	03/10/1988	2282	0	O'Mara Texturing Corporation

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A SECTION OF SUCTION HOSE ON A SCRAGG SDS-8 TEXTURING MACHINE. AS HE WAS WORKING, HE INADVERTENTLY PLACED HIS HAND ON AN EXPOSED TERMINAL FOR A 480-VOLT SUCTION MOTOR. (THE TERMINAL WAS EXPOSED BECAUSE THE COVER FOR THE JUNCTION BOX HAD BEEN REMOVED.) HE ORDERED THE OPERATOR TO START THE MACHINE. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS STANDING ON THE MACHINE'S RAIL LADDER AND LEANING AGAINST THE MACHINE, WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN THE MOTOR TERMINALS WERE ENERGIZED.

Keywords: E GI IV, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, LOCKOUT, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR, ELECTRICAL BOX

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3024684			Fatality	Electric Shock	Miscellaneous textile machine operators

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