Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200371680 - Electric Shock - Direct Contact with Energized Conductor

Accident Summary Nr: 200371680 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 07/27/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303555007	07/30/2001	1731	0	Branyon Electrical Maintenance Inc

Abstract: Three maintenance workers were testing a Cooper VWE electronically-controlled, oil-insulated, three-phase recloser (substation switching unit) with test equipment. They were also going to test a high-potential unit. Employee #1 climbed the frame of the high-potential unit to connect leads that would then be connected to the tester. The unit was still energized. He contacted an energized 7.2-kilovolt circuit and received an electric shock and burns. He was hospitalized. The firm's owner, Employee #2, also received burns on and around his eyes, but he was not hospitalized. The third worker sustained no reported injuries.

Keywords: BURN, E GI II, EYE, ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, E GI III, E GI IV, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRIC SWITCH, ELECTRICAL TESTING, ELECTRIC SHOCK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerplant		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000		40

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303555007			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Helpers, mechanics and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source
2	303555007			Non Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Helpers, mechanics and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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