Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 111757.015 - Employee is burned in electric arc flash

Accident Summary Nr: 111757.015 -- Report ID: 0213900 -- Event Date: 12/07/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1365548.015	12/12/2018		238210	Scalfo Electric, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:00 a.m. on December 7, 2018, Employee #1, employed by an electrical services company, was working at a multi-employer construction project, a water/sewer treatment plant. After installing an emergency light and an exit sign, the employee was cleaning up the work area. As he attached the lower panel onto the electrical box with six panel screws, one screw penetrated one of six 500-kcmil (thousands of circular mils) wires that had been bundled together. An arc flash occurred, and Employee #1 was burned. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for first degree burns to his face and hands and a second degree burn to his right thumb. Employee #1 remained hospitalized for four to five days.

Keywords: Cleaning, Construction, Contact, Electric Arc, Electric Shock, Electric Sign, Electrical Box, Electrical Work, Electrician, Energized, Face, Finger, Hand, Installing, Lighting, Thumb

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		New project or new addition			1	12

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1365548.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause:

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