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Accident Summary Nr: 992081 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS

Accident Summary Nr: 992081 -- Report ID: 0253610 -- Event Date: 07/18/1988
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
10478439207/19/198875380Glens Falls Dpw

Abstract: An electrician was taking voltage readings on a transformer. The floor-mounted transformer was located in a 0.9-meter by 1.2-meter shed. The transformer was 483 millimeters deep, 711 millimeters wide, and 914 millimeters high. The employee was kneeling in the doorway at the side of the transformer, leaning into the room, so that he could take measurements from the front of the transformer. He had 279 millimeters of workspace in front of the transformer. When the employee's arm contacted an energized part, he was electrocuted.

Keywords: E GI II, ENCLOSED SPACE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRICAL TESTING, ELECTRICIAN, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRICAL WORK, LOCKOUT, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, TRANSFORMER

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury
1 104784392

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