Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 201798030 - Employee sustains burns to hands and face
| Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301331138 | 12/12/2003 | 1731 | 238210 | A M Electric Inc. |
Abstract: At around 11.00 a.m. on December 11, 2003, Employee #1, of AM Electric Inc., was a licensed electrical sub-contractor for about 30 years and had 12 employees on his payroll. A crew of four employees including the foreman was sent to Golden State Foods facility for some electrical repair work. Employee #1 was installing a circuit breaker on a cabinet type panel, 480-volts, when the accident occurred. He turned the power off on panel initially, went to see an electrical exit door located about 50 feet away which was not opening fully for the forklifts to go through, returned to panel and turned the power on. He went again to see if the same door was opening fully or not, came back to panel again and started working on open exposed part of panel for installing a circuit breaker and forgot to turn off the power this time due to distraction. During installation of circuit breaker his hand wrench shorted between the bus bars resulting in an electric flash that engulfed both hands inducing second-degree burns. Employee #1 was transported to Queen of the Valley Hospital for medical treatment and surgery.
| End Use | Project Type | Project Cost | Stories | Non-building Height | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing plant | Maintenance or repair | Under $50,000 | 1 | 25 | |||
| Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 301331138 | Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Electricians | 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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