Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201634284 - Electrician injured by flash burn from circuit breaker

Accident Summary Nr: 201634284 -- Report ID: 1054112 -- Event Date: 01/29/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307091157	01/30/2004	1731	238210	Oregon Electric Inc

Abstract: On January 29, 2004, Employee #1, an electrician, was removing a bracket covering a circuit breaker's identifying information inside a motor control center. He was identifying the size of the breaker to order a new replacement when his screw driver contacted a space between the line side of the breaker and the grounded bracket. He suffered an electrical flash burn, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: BURN, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRICIAN, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL WORK, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRICAL CABINET, HAND TOOL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307091157			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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