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2021 2nd Alert LTI21 Electrician hammering the wooden base to dislodge the VFD panel, the panel lost balance and toppled over the electrician causing injury
An Electrician suffered injury while engaged in VFD (Variable Frequency Drive) panel replacement activity at MM-576 location as the lifted VFD panel toppled over him. The panel brought from the supplier yard to site was unloaded to the ground from the canter using a crane and was again lifted a feet above ground to remove the wooden base (shipping skid). The Electrician was hammering the wooden base to dislodge it when the panel lost balance and toppled over. Why it happened/Finding : Work executed in an urgency without sufficient planning and preparation. Inappropriate design provision of lifting eye bolts below its center of gravity. Lifting of inadequately secured load (using 2 lifting points instead of 4) Allowing personnel in close proximity of the lifted load. Hammering to dislodge the wooden skid of the lifted load (panel).
Always ensure the lifting points are above the center of gravity of the load being lifted Do not resort to short cuts; ask when in doubt. Do not allow personnel within the lift radius and close to lifted load. Any work such as skid removal should be carried out on firm surface. Use your empowerment to stop unsafe work.

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