Worker Suffers Electric Shock

Description

A rig crew was in the process of rigging out. One worker verified that the plug (“male”) end of a 240- volt power cord was not connected and placed the cord alongside the pipe rack.

NOTE: Like a household power cord, the plug is the end that would normally be inserted into the electrical outlet, or panel, for power. Unbeknownst to these workers, this electrical panel had the opposite configuration, and the socket (female) end of the cord was still attached to the power panel.

Another worker was instructed to wrap up the power cord and was collecting it from under the pipe rack when it became stuck. While trying to grab the end of the cord to free it, the worker’s fingers touched the exposed plug end posts and received an electric shock resulting in severe and prolonged muscle spasms.

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