Accident: 1003656 - Electric Shock - Direct Contact With Energized Parts

An employee performing routine duties contacted energized parts on an attachment plug for a 208-volt conveyor-type toaster. She received an electric shock and sustained burns, nerve damage, broken teeth, and bruises. She was hospitalized for her injuries.

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Accident: 200810299 - Electric Shock - Cause Unknown

An employee was electrocuted when he unplugged the silage machine he had been operating.

electrical, electrocuted, attachment plug, elec equipment--misc, e gi vii

Accident: 200670669 - Electric Shock - Ground Fault In Attachment Plug

An employee was working in an equipment room at a car wash. He was electrocuted when he contacted the metal frame of some electric equipment. The metal frame of the equipment, which was not connected to an equipment grounding conductor, was energized by a ground fault. Flexible cords had been used in lieu of fixed wiring to supply current to the equipment. A faulty attachment plug was believed to be the cause of the ground fault.

electrical, electrocuted, ground fault, equipment grounding, elec equipment--misc, attachment plug, electric cord

Accident: 170167985 - Electric Shock - Probable Ground Fault In Electric Fan

A fumigation department manager was placing a portable electric fan near a vent under a small outside porch at a residence. He was found the next morning by some coworkers. He was holding the fan support stand in one hand. In his other hand, he was holding the attachment plug on the fan's power supply cord and the cord connector on an extension cord set. He had been electrocuted.

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Accident: 170632954 - Electric Shock - Contact With Live Parts Thru Metal Cart

An employee was working in a packaging area near a feeder machine. As he was moving a metal cart carrying machine parts, the cart hit a receptacle outlet. The contact knocked a plug connected to the outlet partway out of the receptacle, and the cart contacted one of the prongs of the loosened plug. The employee received an electric shock and sustained first- and second-degree burns to his hands. He was hospitalized for 3 days in an intensive care unit.

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Accident: 201340114 - Electric Shock - Direct Contact With Energized Conductor

An electrician was handling the wiring for a high-voltage plug. The wiring fed a step-down transformer supplying power to an airport directional signal. The electrician, who had apparently not deenergized the circuit, was electrocuted when he contacted an energized conductor.

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