Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200357697 - Employee Dies after Being Burned by an Electrical Arc Flash

Accident Summary Nr: 200357697 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 11/22/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313213944	04/09/2009	2434	337110	Conestoga Wood Specialties, Kenly Division

Abstract: On November 22, 2008, Employee #1 was restoring power to the motor control center after a repair to a 100 HP blower motor. Employee #1 was injured when there was an arc flash at the vertical buss bar behind the unit. The flash was large enough to burn through the cabinet and blow the doors open. Employee #1 was burned on the back of the right leg and right hand. He was hospitalized at a burn center where he died three months later from an infection.

Keywords: BURN, ELECTRIC MOTOR, ELECTRIC ARC, ELECTRICIAN, INFECTION, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	313213944			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Electricians

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