Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170362479 - BURN - ELECTRICAL FAULT IN PANELBOARD

Accident Summary Nr: 170362479 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 07/03/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120171640	07/08/1996	0181	0	Sun Valley Floral Farms Inc

Abstract: The head electrician for an ornamental flower farm was connecting a new emergency generator. He had a helper remove the front cover of a 2000-ampere, 480-volt panelboard. The employees covered the panelboard with plywood and taped off the area. The next morning the electrician removed the plywood and opened the circuit breaker feeding the buses in the panelboard. As he was examining the installation to determine how to connect the emergency generator, an electrical fault occurred. The ensuing electric arc burned the employee, knocked him down, and ignited his clothing. He was helped to a shower where the fire was extinguished. The employee was hospitalized for his injuries. The cause of the fault could not be determined. The tools he was using, a knife and pliers, were undamaged and free of electrical burn marks.

Keywords: BURN, CLOTHING, E GI II, ELECTRIC ARC, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRICIAN, PANELBOARD, ELECTRICAL WORK, ELECTRICAL FAULT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120171640			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Electricians

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