UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Inspection Detail

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Inspection: 1607243.015 - 75455 - Medical University Of South Carolina

Inspection Information - Office: South Carolina Priv

Investigation Summary

At 12:00 a.m. on July 8, 2022, an employee was responding to a work order to tro ubleshoot heat damage to the insulation inside an electrical panel at a building at the Medical University of South Carolina. The employee and his coworker were having trouble locating the specific panel box on the work order in the Electri cal Switch Gear Room, and contacted the manager to come to the room and show the m the specific panel box. At the time the manager arrived, the employee and his coworker located the panel box, and the employee was using a Fluke 373 True-RMS Clamp Meter to measure the amperage inside of the panel box. The coworker and t he manager were standing to the left of the panel box and they could not fully s ee what the employee was doing because the panel box opened to the left. The emp loyee stood up when the coworker and manager asked about his condition, and the employee began to fall after he responded. The coworker and manager stopped the employee's head from striking the floor when he fell, and then contacted emergen cy services. Emergency services instructed the coworker and manager to begin che st compressions on the employee, and emergency personnel arrived at approximatel y 9:13 a.m. The employee was pronounced dead on the scene due to cardiac dysrhy thmia by electric shock.

Keywords:electric shock, electrical, electrical box, electrical work, electrician, electrocuted, troubleshooting