Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 816678 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS

Accident Summary Nr: 816678 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 01/07/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103349452	01/09/1989	3999	0	Nutmeg Container Corporation

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE AT A MANUFACTURING PLANT HAD REGULARLY USED A KEY TO OPEN A DOOR TO ACCESS A BOILER ROOM FOR PERIODIC INSPECTIONS. THE KEY WAS KEPT ON TOP OF AN ELECTRICAL CABINET. ONE DAY THE EMPLOYEE WENT TO GET THE KEY, AND IT WAS NOT IN ITS NORMAL POSITION ON TOP OF THE CABINET. IN LOOKING FOR THE KEY, THE EMPLOYEE HELD THE DOOR OPEN WITH ONE HAND AND REACHED INTO THE CABINET WITH HIS OTHER HAND TO DETERMINE IF THE KEY HAD FALLEN INSIDE. THE EMPLOYEE CONTACTED A 480-VOLT CONDUCTOR AND WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, E GI VI, ELECTROCUTED, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRICAL CABINET, BLIND REACHING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103349452			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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