Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200772275 - Employee burned when knife contacts exposed busbar in panel

Accident Summary Nr: 200772275 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 11/06/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306036138	11/06/2002	1731	0	Mass. Electric Construction Company

Abstract: On November 6, 2002, Employee #1, a foreman, was checking to see if the bolt pattern on the existing busbar located inside a panel was going to line up with a new circuit breaker. He was apparently using a splicing knife to remove the insulators around the busbar when he had inadvertently struck the exposed busbar. He suffered electrical burns, for which he was hospitalized. Employee #1 did not de-energize the system before starting the job.

Keywords: BURN, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, BUSBAR, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRICAL CABINET, HAND TOOL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306036138			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Other

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