Incident date: 2020-08-24
NAICS industry code: 623110

An employee was changing out the capacitor on the blower motor of a heat pump. After the swap out, he turned the power back on, but the blower motor was not working. He reached under the unit and disconnected the 277-volt power. The employee was then electrocuted and dropped to the floor.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Electrocutions, electric shocks
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate