Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170614002 - BURN - ELECTRICAL FAULT IN ELECTRICAL CABINET

Accident Summary Nr: 170614002 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 01/04/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125863803	01/04/1996	4911	0	Smud

Abstract: Two electricians were removing a voltage recorder from a 1200-ampere secondary distribution cabinet. The recorder had been there for one day. The employees had removed the recorder from the cabinet and were reinstalling the cabinet door. One door had been replaced. As one of the electricians was positioning the second door, it entered the cabinet and caused an electrical fault. The ensuing electric arc burned this employee. (The other electrician was far enough away that he was not seriously injured.) The injured employee was hospitalized for 11 days with second- and third-degree burns to both hands.

Keywords: BURN, ELECTRIC ARC, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, ELECTRICAL CABINET, ELECTRICAL FAULT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125863803			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Electronic repairers, communica. & indus. equip.

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