Accident Report Detail
Accident: 992313 - Electric Shock - Ground Fault In Electric Radiator
Accident: 992313 -- Report ID: 0253690 -- Event Date: 02/14/1988 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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102218310 | 03/02/1988 | 9224 | Newburgh Fire Dept Public Safety Bldg | ||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
102218336 | 03/09/1988 | 9224 | Quassaick Bridge Fire Dist Eng Co | ||||
A fire department responded to a three-alarm fire. Ten firefighters were injured as they fought the fire. Several suffered burns, bruises, and cuts. One firefighter received an electric shock when he contacted the frame of an electric radiator that had apparently been energized by a ground fault. He was hospitalized for his injury. A second firefighter sprained his back. He was treated at a hospital and released. Two other firefighters also received electric shocks. | |||||||
Keywords:
firefighter, electrical, e gi vii, fire, back, ground fault, equipment grounding, electric shock, sprain, elec equipment--misc
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 102218310 | Non Hospitalized injury | Strain/Sprain | Firefighting occupations | |||
2 | 102218310 | Non Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Firefighting occupations | |||
3 | 102218310 | Non Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Firefighting occupations | |||
4 | 102218310 | Non Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Firefighting occupations | |||
5 | 102218310 | Non Hospitalized injury | Bruise/Contus/Abras | Firefighting occupations | |||
6 | 102218310 | Non Hospitalized injury | Cut/Laceration | Firefighting occupations | |||
7 | 102218336 | Non Hospitalized injury | Electric Shock | Firefighting occupations | |||
8 | 102218336 | Non Hospitalized injury | Electric Shock | Firefighting occupations | |||
9 | 102218336 | Non Hospitalized injury | Poisoning(Systemic) | Firefighting occupations | |||
10 | 102218336 | Hospitalized injury | Electric Shock | Firefighting occupations |