Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201174463 - Employee injured when short circuit causes flash fire

Accident Summary Nr: 201174463 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 10/07/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125720862	10/27/2003	1731	238210	Rex Moore Electrical Contractors & Engineers Inc

Abstract: At approximately 10:20 a.m. on October 7, 2003, Employee #1 and a coworker, of Rex Moore Electric Contractors & Engineers, Inc., were in the electrical room of an empty warehouse evaluating the electrical panels on the main switchgear to determine what equipment and work was needed in the future. Employee #1 was standing on a ladder and putting back a 6 ft by 16 ft metal cover when a flash fire occurred. He sustained burns on his face and arms, for which he was hospitalized. The metal cover's rivets had fallen off the back and landed on the energized busbars, causing a short circuit that started the fire.

Keywords: BURN, ELECTRICAL, FIRE, BUSBAR, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRICAL FAULT, FACE, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	2	5

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125720862			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Other

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