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Accident Summary Nr: 201281946 - Employee Is Burned by Arc Flash

Accident Summary Nr: 201281946 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 01/18/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307837013	01/19/2005	2621	322122	Abitibi-Consolidated, Augusta News Print

Abstract: On January 18, 2005, Employee #1 and two coworkers were trouble shooting the circuitry of a vacuum pump starter. The problem was determined to be inside the 4,160 volt motor switch gear. Employee #1 deenergized the gear and opened the cabinet. He depressed the breaker handle safety button and reenergized the gear with the cabinet open. After using a Fluke 87, rated for up to 1,000 volts, to test the primary side of the two 4,160 volt phases, an arc flash occurred. Employee #1 was hospitalized with burns to thirty percent of his body.

Keywords: ELECTRIC ARC, ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISC

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307837013			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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