Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201702099 - Employee Is Struck by Electric Arc Flash and Receives Burns

Accident Summary Nr: 201702099 -- Report ID: 1054115 -- Event Date: 04/02/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309812352	04/13/2006	0139	111940	Monty Crum

Abstract: At approximately 2:00 p.m. on April 2, 2006 Employee #1 and a coworker were cleaning an electrical panel, which supplied power to a booster pump of a well on a remote ranch. He scraped debris from the contact points and shorted the screwdriver on the knife switch bar, which caused an electric arc flash and energized the panel. The arc flash struck both Employee #1 and the coworker. Employee #1 sustained facial and hand burns from the arc flash. Employee #1 and the coworker were transported to a medical center where they were eventually transferred to a burn center. At the burn center, they underwent medical treatment and were hospitalized.

Keywords: SHOCK, ELECTRICAL, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, ELECTRICAL BOX

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309812352			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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