A restaurant manager died after contacting a faulty refrigerator. The victim was cleaning the floor of the kitchen after hours. His wife and two-year-old daughter waited in the dining area. He was wearing tennis shoes, had put soap and water on the floor and was walking towards the dining area when he slipped. While falling, he grabbed the handle of a nearby commercial refrigerator. Its cord did not have a ground plug, and excessive wear on insulation of conductors (bringing electricity to the compressor) had caused a ground fault. The conductors were exposed at a cutout hole in the refrigerator case. The victim’s […]
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