Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14519581 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - GROUND FAULT IN VENDING MACHINE

Accident Summary Nr: 14519581 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 05/13/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101082139	05/15/1986	2086	0	Ouachita Coca Bottling Co. Inc.

Abstract: An employee of a soft drink bottling company was performing a service call at a municipal golf course pro shop. He was checking a soft drink vending machine that was not cooling. The soft drink machine was not grounded because it was connected to a receptacle outlet through an extension cord set that did not contain an equipment grounding conductor. (An adapter was being used with the machine's attachment plug.) The employee pulled on the soft drink machine and, in the process, touched a grounded snack machine nearby. A ground fault in the soft drink machine had energized it, and the employee was electrocuted.

Keywords: E GI V, ELECTRICAL, CORD SET, ELECTROCUTED, GROUND FAULT, EQUIPMENT GROUNDING, PLUG ADAPTER, ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISC

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101082139			Fatality	Electric Shock	Machinery maintenance occupations

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