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Accident Summary Nr: 119298.015 - Employee receives electrical shock and burns while working o

Accident Summary Nr: 119298.015 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 08/17/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1426244.015	08/26/2019		238210	D & S Electric Group Inc.

Abstract: At 6:14 a.m. on August 17, 2019, an employee performed corrective maintenance on a main electric breaker. The employee dismantled a one-thousand-amp section of a four-hundred-eighty-volt switchgear by cutting the three-phase wiring inside an electrical cabinet using a battery operated SawZall. An arc flash occurred, and a coworker called for emergency medical response. The employee was hospitalized for approximately three weeks to treat second degree burns to the chest, arms, and face.

Keywords: Arm, Chest, Cutting, Electric Arc, Electrical Burn, Electrical Wire, Electrical Work, Electrician, Emergency Response, Face, Switchgear

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1426244.015	45	M	Hospitalized injury		Electricians

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