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Accident Summary Nr: 981209 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN PLASTIC MOLDING MACHINE

Accident Summary Nr: 981209 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 08/10/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107929648	08/10/1989	3082	0	R & R Plastics

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A WATER HEATER (IMS, SERIAL NO. 523853616) ON A TOSHIBA MODEL ISE 170-9A PLASTIC INJECTOR MOLDING MACHINE (SERIAL NO. 557702). THE EXISTING WATER HEATER APPARENTLY DEVELOPED A GROUND FAULT WHEN THE HEATING COIL FAILED. THE WATER HEATER, WHICH WAS CONNECTED BY A FLEXIBLE CORD OFF A PIGTAIL FROM THE MOLDING MACHINE, WAS WIRED CORRECTLY, EXCEPT THAT THE EQUIPMENT GROUNDING CONDUCTOR ON THE PIGTAIL HAD NOT BEEN CONNECTED. THE MOLDING MACHINE AND THE WATER HEATER WERE SUPPLIED BY A 3-PHASE, 480-VOLT, 100-AMPERE CIRCUIT. THE FUSES PROTECTING THE CIRCUIT DID NOT OPEN ON THE GROUND FAULT. THE EMPLOYEE TOUCHED THE ENERGIZED PORTION OF THE WATER HEATER WHILE HE WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUNDED MOLDING MACHINE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED. HE HAD BURN MARKS ON HIS RIGHT HAND AND ON HIS LEGS ABOVE THE KNEES.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, E GI VII, ELECTROCUTED, GROUND FAULT, EQUIPMENT GROUNDING, ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISC

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107929648			Fatality	Electric Shock	Machinery maintenance occupations

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