52-Year-Old Electrical Technician Electrocuted in Indiana

doi:10.26616/NIOSHFACE8641

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52-Year-Old Electrical Technician Electrocuted in Indiana

1986/08/15
By National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Description:

A 52 year old electrical technician, employed by a high voltage power transmission and distribution equipment company, was electrocuted while testing circuits. A metal cabinet containing a transformer, a capacitor, and two resistors had been repaired and sent to the quality assurance department for a final check. Electricity was being supplied to the electrical components in the cabinet from a variable output transformer. The technician determined that the rectifiers in the control circuit were shorted, replaced both rectifiers, and continued to follow the testing procedure check list. At the point where he was to measure the resistance of the two 5000 ohm resistors with an ohmmeter, he apparently reached into the metal cabinet with his left hand and attempted to remove one of the resistors. When he touched the resistor he was electrocuted. Recommendations arising from this accident include: a reevaluation of the testing procedure and check list for this task which would eliminate all unnecessary exposure to energized equipment; following the testing procedure check list and safe job procedure for repairing and testing a cabinet containing power transmission and distribution equipment; redesigning the variable output transformer so that it is controlled by one on/off switch; and designing power transmission and distribution equipment to incorporate safety considerations to protect workers who maintain, repair, and test these cabinets.
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Occupational Health Safety
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Electrical-equipment Electrical-hazards Electrical-shock Electrical-workers FACE-86-41 OSHA Region 5 Safety-practices
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Electrocution (0006)

All (0000) ; Electrocution (0006) Less -
Series:

Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

NIOSH (In-House)
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFACE8641
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

Indiana ; OSHA Region 5

Indiana ; OSHA Region 5 Less -
CIO:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Division:

DSR - Division of Safety Research
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

3 pages
NIOSHTIC Number:

00170058
NTIS Accession Number:

PB87-221727
Citation:

Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 86-41, 1986 Aug; :1-6
Federal Fiscal Year:

1986
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

31-33 - Manufacturing - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

1986/07/21
Resource Number:

FACE-86-41
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Main Document Checksum:

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urn:sha-512:ae7265db9b05aed34e3ca07dbab4ca302214dd72a7e8f1d4c32d37ffeaf5efef3857f4e1ed23fd1ad82fdeb683d221dc3ae6820d72593ba718bd6c4e00d68afd
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