Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170069025 - BURN - ELECTRICAL FAULT IN JUNCTION BOX

Accident Summary Nr: 170069025 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 05/26/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119605582	05/26/1995	1731	0	Neary & Sons Corporation

Abstract: An electrician was working from a Maxi-Lift mobile work platform, splicing conductors at ceiling level. The conductors on which he was working were deenergized, but others in the area were still energized. The employee pushed the 480/277-volt energized conductors out of the way. He pushed them against a 152-mm-deep, 305-mm by 305-mm, metal electrical box, and the edge of the box pierced the electrical tape covering a splice on one of the energized conductors. (The employee had believed that the tape was sufficient protection.) The resulting electrical fault caused an electric arc that burned the electrician's body. He was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: BURN, ELECTRIC ARC, E GI III, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRICIAN, ELECTRICAL WORK, LOCKOUT, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR, ELECTRICAL BOX, ELECTRICAL FAULT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119605582			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electricians

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