Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 904755 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN CONVEYOR

Accident Summary Nr: 904755 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 04/27/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108596164	05/04/1990	3544	0	Lobdell-Emery/Winchester Fabrication Corporation

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT A MECHANICAL POWER PRESS, STAMPING OUT METAL PARTS AND PLACING THEM ON A CONVEYOR BEHIND HIM. AFTER WORKING FOR ABOUT 3 HOURS, THE 27-YEAR-OLD EMPLOYEE APPARENTLY RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK AND COLLAPSED. THE INJURED EMPLOYEE AND A COWORKER (WHO WAS NOT SHOCKED) HAD BEEN STANDING ON A METAL PLATE ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE PRESS. THE POWER CORD FOR THE 480-VOLT CONVEYOR WAS ON THE METAL FLOOR AT THE FOOT OF THE INJURED EMPLOYEE. THE CORD WAS INSPECTED, AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF EXPOSED LIVE PARTS. THE EMPLOYEE WAS TREATED AT THREE DIFFERENT HOSPITALS FOR ELECTRIC SHOCK, INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHEA, SEIZURE, AND CAVERNOUS ANGIOMA.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, E GI VII, GROUND FAULT, CONVEYOR, EQUIPMENT GROUNDING, ELECTRIC SHOCK, ELECTRIC CORD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108596164			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Machine operators, not specified

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