Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201614732 - Employee Is Burned on Hands and Head from Electric Shock

Accident Summary Nr: 201614732 -- Report ID: 1054113 -- Event Date: 03/14/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314615113	03/16/2011	1731	238210	Jgcm Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314616582	05/24/2011	2096	311919	Kettle Foods Inc

Abstract: About 2:45 p.m. on or about March 14, 2011, Employee #1 with Jgcm Inc., Kettle Foods Inc., was receiving fish tape through a conduit to measure the length of wire. Then the tape got stuck. Employee #1 was standing near a live 480- volt, 3000 amp, busbar. Then the tape came out, hitting the busbar, creating a fireball. Employee #1 sustained burns on the back of his hands and to his face and head.

Keywords: HEAD, FOOD PREPARATION, BUSBAR, HAND, BURN, SHOCK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314615113			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause
2	314616582					Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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