Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201402724 - Employee Suffers Electrical Flash Burns

Accident Summary Nr: 201402724 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 02/26/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127070936	03/05/1999	1731	0	Detroit Edison Co

Abstract: Employee #1, a cable splicer, cut an energized 7600-volt line in a manhole and suffered electrical flash burns. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: BURN, ELECTRIC CABLE, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC UTILITY WORK, ELECTRICAL SPLICE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127070936			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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