Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119673.015 - Employee is burned in arc Flash

Accident Summary Nr: 119673.015 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 09/04/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1429491.015	09/06/2019		221122	Natchez Trace Electric Power Association

Abstract: At 12:00 noon on September 4, 2019, an employee was connecting a 14 KV energized power line to an insulator located on a metal pole arm when an arc flash occurred. The employee was hospitalized to treat electrical burns to his upper body.

Keywords: Burn, Connecting, Electric Arc, Electric Arc Flash, Electrical Burn, Metal Pole, Power Line Worker, Power Lines

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition				30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1429491.015	29	M	Hospitalized injury		Electrical power installers and repairers

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