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    An electric spark from a short circuit occurred when an operator tried to plug in a cooling fan at an electric outlet. The outlet was defective, causing a ground fault. Fortunately, the operator was not injured but was frightened. The site made safety improvements like replacing defective outlets, installing missing circuit breakers, and training on safely using electric devices. The incident was caused by a defective outlet with no circuit breaker that sparked when the operator forced the plug in. The site will take actions to prevent similar incidents.

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    An electric spark from a short circuit occurred when an operator tried to plug in a cooling fan at an electric outlet. The outlet was defective, causing a ground fault. Fortunately, the operator was not injured but was frightened. The site made safety improvements like replacing defective outlets, installing missing circuit breakers, and training on safely using electric devices. The incident was caused by a defective outlet with no circuit breaker that sparked when the operator forced the plug in. The site will take actions to prevent similar incidents.

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    NM-Ground Fault in An Outlet - July 6 2020

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    An electric spark from a short circuit occurred when an operator tried to plug in a cooling fan at an electric outlet. The outlet was defective, causing a ground fault. Fortunately, the operator was not injured but was frightened. The site made safety improvements like replacing defective outlets, installing missing circuit breakers, and training on safely using electric devices. The incident was caused by a defective outlet with no circuit breaker that sparked when the operator forced the plug in. The site will take actions to prevent similar incidents.

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    Material Groups, Electric Outlet Ground Fault _ NM Alert <1>

    Title: Electric Outlet Ground Fault Site: CJ Plant, Korea Site Manager: Jason Lee Operation/Task: Chungju DC #3 Slitter / DC Slitter Date: 2020.07.06

    Incident Description:
    About 08:00 on July 6(Monday), an electric spark due to a short circuit was produced LOCAL SITE: Prevention Action(s)개선대책: Who When Y/N

    from an electric outlet in CJ DC when a DC operator tried to plug in for a cooling fan
    To check the condition of all electric outlets in AY,
    installed on the wall before he started his shift. Fortunately he didn't have any injury and MA 7-10
    CJ and DG to replace defective ones.
    electric shock, but he visited a hospital and took a tranquilizer since he was so much
    frightened from the noise. Then he came back to work but the site management made To inspect all electric circuits to find missing circuit
    MA 8/30
    him back home to take a rest since his state of mind can not be stable and focused for breakers and install them.
    quite a while and there's a risk to cause at-risk behaviors if he continue work. Next day,
    he was back to work without any problem.. To train and put warning sign not to use electric devices by
    The primary cause was a defective electric outlet that caused a ground fault when the force. if there’s any abnormality, stop using it and call EHS 7/30
    maintenance team.
    operator plugged in by force because the spring inside the outlet didn’t work properly.
    Observation, data collection,

    Injury and Classification: Near miss To conduct an audit for MOC compliance EHS 7/20
    Photoboard / Reconstruction of the Incident: To share this incident with employees EHS Done Y

    ALL OTHER SITES: Prevention Action(s)

    Review this Safety Alert A3 on YOUR site.


    ● How COULD this incident happen at YOUR site? (Think risks; not specifics)
    discussion

    ● Are YOUR current controls good enough? (Think world-class; not average)
    ● What action is YOUR site taking to PREVENT a similar incident?

    ACTION Who When Done?


    In the electrical outlet, a safety In the future, the
    spring came out from the original large-capacity earth Discover and improve similar cases in Anyang and Daegu DC EHS 7/30
    On July 3, the fan was installed and the place causing a ground fault when leakage blocking outlet
    running test done. the operator plugged in by force. will be used.
    The outlet was installed 5 years ago.

    CAUSAL FACTORS - Conditions/Behaviors Identified during Investigation

    C – defective electric outlet


    C – no circuit breaker installed for the outlet
    B – The operator plugged in by force after finding it was hard to plug in from the first trial. well into the
    outlet during the first use a few days later.
    B - Maintenance team missed installation of circuit breakers for some old circuits even after updating
    internal electric safety procedure 2 years ago, to do MOC and install circuit breakers for every single
    installation of electric devices. Each site must evaluate actions taken and apply to their risks.

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