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Accident: 201094059 - Burn - Electrical Fault In Temporary Distribution Box
Accident: 201094059 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 08/03/2000
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
126147107 | 08/03/2000 | 1731 | Andy Klein Electric |
An electrician was connecting a four-wire circuit to a temporary distribution box. He was installing a 240-volt circuit breaker on a 480-volt circuit. When he connected the first conductor to the circuit breaker, an electrical fault occurred. The ensuing electric arc burned the employee. He was hospitalized in a burn center with second- and third-degree burns on the right side of his body.
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Accident Details
End Use |
Proj Type |
Proj Cost |
Stories |
NonBldgHt |
Fatality |
Commercial building |
New project or new addition |
$1,000,000 to $5,000,000 |
2 |
20 |
|
Employee Details
Employee # |
Inspection |
Age |
Sex |
Degree |
Nature |
Occupation |
1 |
126147107 |
|
|
Hospitalized injury |
Burn/Scald(Heat) |
Electricians |