Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 108952.015 - Employee Is Burned By Arc Flash

**Accident: 108952.015 -- Report ID: 0951510 -- Event Date: 08/28/2018**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1344807.015	08/29/2018		Hawaiian Electric Company Inc

At 10:00 a.m. on August 28, 2018, an employee was preparing to conduct ring out test phase of an electric cable. The employee took off the wrong set of phase ca bles that were energized. The employee than touched the continuity probe to ener gized the cable, resulting in an arc flash and causing burns to the employee's r ight face, arm and hand. The employee was hospitalized to treat the injuries.

Keywords: arm, burn, electric arc, electric cable, electronic work, face, hand, ring test

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1344807.015	34	M	Hospitalized injury		Electrical power installers and repairers	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) FatCause:

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