Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201167418 - Employee burned by arc flash in work on electrical cabinet

Accident Summary Nr: 201167418 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 09/21/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126062488	09/28/2005	1731	238210	Pacific Data Electric

Abstract: On September 21, 2005, Employee #1, of Pacific Data Electric, an electrical contractor, was helping install a new 440-volt electrical power service for a machine in a spectacle grinding facility in Los Angeles, CA. His supervisor, who was not on site, had assigned him several tasks. He was replacing a slide in a module in an electrical cabinet that contained two 220-volt buses when a nut fell, causing him to jump and cross-phase the buses with a screwdriver. An arc blast occured and Employee #1 suffered second-degree burns on his hands and forearms and first-degree burns on his face. He was hospitalized for two days. Employee #1 was not wearing protective gloves.

Keywords: BURN, ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, ELECTRIC ARC, WORK RULES, BUSBAR, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL WORK, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRICAL CABINET, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Maintenance or repair		$50,000 to $250,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126062488			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Fire/explosion

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