Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170191167 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN PORTABLE LIGHT

Accident Summary Nr: 170191167 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 02/18/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112045745	02/21/1991	0742	0	Animal Care Veterinary Clinic

Abstract: A doctor at a veterinary hospital was cleaning a surgery preparation area as a part of her regularly assigned duties. She grabbed a portable light to move it while she was touching a preparation and wash table with her other hand. Although the portable light was equipped with a three-wire flexible cord, the equipment grounding conductor had been cut. Additionally, the wall receptacle outlet to which the light was connected had reversed polarity. When the employee touched the portable light, she received an electric shock. She was hospitalized for her injuries.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, REVERSE POLARITY, E GI VII, GROUND FAULT, EQUIPMENT GROUNDING, ELECTRIC SHOCK, ELECTRIC LIGHT--PORT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112045745			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Physician's assistants

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