Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122597.015 - Two employees sustain burns in arc flash while installing li

Accident Summary Nr: 122597.015 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 12/17/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1451848.015	12/17/2019		221119	Commonwealth Edison Company Dba Comed

Abstract: At 11:15 a.m. on December 17, 2019, Employee #1, Employee #2, and two coworkers, who worked for an electric utility company, where installing new power for lighting in a building. The crew was installing the power on a 3-phase 480-volt bus bar. Employee #1 was standing on a ladder while installing the phase wire on bus bar "A". Employee #1 (a mechanic) was aligning the spacer in the "A" bus bar with a Craftsmen metal hand tool when an arc occurred. Employee #1 and Employee #2 (also a mechanic) suffered burns to the neck, hands and arms and required medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Arm, Burn, Electric Arc, Electric Arc Flash, Electrical, Electrical Burn, Electrical Wire, Electrical Work, Electrician, Fire, Flash, Hand, Hand Tool, Installing, Lack of Work Procedures, Lighting, Mechanic, Neck, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation			25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1451848.015	45	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Electrical power installers and repairers
2	1451848.015	35	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Electrical power installers and repairers

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