Accident: 14411292 - Electric Shock - Ground Fault In Vending Machine
An employee was working on a drink vending machine. The machine had a ground fault, as people touching it had been receiving electric shocks. The 120-volt vending machine was energized. As the employee was working on the machine, he was electrocuted.
electrical, electrocuted, ground fault, equipment grounding, elec equipment--misc, repair, elec protect equip, e gi ii
Accident: 655902 - Electric Shock & Fall - Contact With Energized Parts
An employee standing on a 1.8-meter-tall stepladder was trying to locate a leak in a covered pipe above a suspended ceiling. The employee reached around the pipe to locate the source of water and accidentally touched an exposed 277-volt, 20-ampere relay switch. He received an electric shock, which caused him to fall from the stepladder to the floor. He was hospitalized for his injuries.
electrical, electric shock, fall, unguarded live parts, elec equipment--misc, blind reaching, stepladder, ladder, e gi vi
Accident: 201340395 - Burn - Electrical Fault In Regulator
A three-person power line crew was replacing one of a set of three voltage regulators at a substation. The crew consisted of a substation supervisor and two substation electricians. The crew's maintenance supervisor stopped by to observe the operation. The crew obtained switching orders to deenergize the three regulators, which were located on the east side of the substation. The bad regulator was located on the south end of the regulator bank. The crew bypassed the load on the regulators and deenergized them. The crew then replaced the malfunctioning regulator with an Allis-Chalmers regulator (Serial No. 3-3740-00228-9). After the crew visually determined that the controls were in the neutral position as required by the manufacturer, the two electricians took a break. One of them was at the back of the maintenance truck, which was located about 4.3 meters south-southwest of the new regulator. The other electrician was further forward. While these two employees were on break, the substation supervisor closed the bus-side contacts on the three regulators, energizing them. He then closed the load-side contacts. About 5 minutes passed since the supervisor energized the south regulator, but none of the regulators was under full load, as the bypasses were shunting load around the regulators. When the supervisor opened the bypass switch for the new regulator and placed it under load, the regulator failed. The internal pressure in the regulator forced open its lid directly in line with the first electrician, who was sitting on the back of the truck. A large quantity of burning oil from the regulator struck him. The oil also struck the other electrician and the maintenance supervisor, but they were apparently not injured. The second electrician and the substation supervisor extinguished the flames on the injured employee, while the maintenance supervisor summoned emergency medical services with his radio. The injured employee was transported to a local hospital and transferred to a burn center, where he died of complications resulting from second- and third-degree burns over 80 percent of his body.
electrical, burn, elec utility work, power line worker, electric arc, electrical fault, elec equipment--misc, flammable liquid, e ptd
Accident: 201402039 - Electric Shock - Direct Contact With Energized Parts
A load management control unit was being installed at a substation. An electric utility employee was electrocuted as he was testing the unit.
electrical, electrocuted, elec utility work, substation, electrical testing, elec equipment--misc, e ptd
Accident: 170052492 - Electric Shock - Direct Contact With Energized Parts
Two employees were on top of a built-in freezer, dismantling a freezer room. One of the employees contacted energized parts and received an electric shock. Emergency rescue services arrived to rescue the employees. Fire fighters on the emergency team were rescuing the two employees from the top of the freezer when the ceiling collapsed. The two workers and the fire fighters fell 3.7 meters to the concrete floor. The employees were transported to a local hospital. The employee who received the electric shock was hospitalized for his injuries. (The other employees were not listed on injury lines on the original form.)
electrical, electric shock, elec equipment--misc, freezer compartment, dismantling, fall, e gi vii
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: 170093090 - Electric Shock - Cause Unknown
An employee was servicing a Dixie Narco Model 600 bottling machine. After he had serviced the machine, he received an electric shock and was electrocuted.
electrical, electrocuted, elec equipment--misc, e gi vii
