Safety Flash
Electrical shock from containerised portable office
Electrical shock from containerised portable office
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 25/20
- Control of WorkElectrical SafetyInspection and MaintenanceIsolation
- Electric shockElectrical safety
- Electrical isolationElectrical workInspection and maintenance
- Energy and process isolationOperating and work proceduresPre-use checks
Summary
An employee received a mild electric shock while tidying a containerised office, touching live wiring hidden beneath a desk. The cable remained after equipment removal during storage. The flash identifies missed checks and absent electrical verification, and describes isolation, inspection and formal instructions for container fit-out and modification.
Classifications: Electric shock; electrocution.
Classifications: Electrical safety; electrical hazards.
Classifications: Electrical isolation; electrical lockout.
Classifications: Electrical work; electrical maintenance.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Energy and process isolation; isolation; energy isolation.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Pre-use checks; pre-use inspection.
Summary
Whilst tidying a mobile office (freight) container, an employee sustained a mild electric shock by inadvertently touching an exposed live electrical cable which was obscured by several boxes below a desk
IMCA SF 25/20. Themes: control of work, electrical safety, inspection and maintenance, isolation.