Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 126984.015 - Employee working on transformer suffers arc flash burns

Accident Summary Nr: 126984.015 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 06/07/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1478909.015	06/15/2020		221122	Evergy Inc.

Abstract: At 7:30 p.m. on June 7, 2020, an employee was working for an investor-owned electric power utility. The firm generated and distributed electric power. He and a coworker were performing electric utility work. They were working on a pad mount transformer. The coworker told the employee that the equipment was deenergized. The employee stooped to identify the line number on a tag. He lost his balance and fell forward. He came into contact with energized parts. An arc flash ensued. The employee suffered electrical burns to his left hand and arm. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Arm, Burn, E GI IV (no lockout), Elec Utility Work, Electric Arc Flash, Electrical, Electrical Burn, Electrical Cabinet, Electrical Work, Energized, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Hand, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Lost Balance, Struck Against, Transformer, Utility

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1478909.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Electrical and electronic engineers

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