Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 125323.015 - Employee suffers electric shock and burns from arc blast

Accident Summary Nr: 125323.015 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 04/10/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1472252.015	04/10/2020		238210	Preferred Electrical Construction Corporation Of Illinois

Abstract: At 9:30 am, on April 10, 2020, Employee #1 was working for an electrical contractor. Employee #1 was connecting the ground wire for a machine that was being installed to the electric panel. The ground wire the employee was handling contacted the live buss bar causing an arc blast. Employee #1 received electric shock, burns, and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Burn, Electric Arc, Electric Arc Flash, Electric Shock, Electrical, Electrical Burn, Electrical Wire, Electrical Work, Electrical panel, Electrician, Panel, Shock

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1472252.015	52	M	Hospitalized injury		Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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