Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201981974 - Burn - Electrical Fault in Underground Cable

Accident Summary Nr: 201981974 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 06/08/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303632988	06/09/2000	1623	0	City Wide Contracting, L.L.C.

Abstract: An employee was using a jackhammer in a trench. The jackhammer penetrated a 7200-volt underground power line and caused an electrical fault. The ensuing electric arc burned the employee. He was hospitalized with second-degree burns to his arms, face, and neck.

Keywords: BURN, ELECTRIC ARC, E GI III, ELECTRICAL, JACKHAMMER, NECK, ARM, ELECTRICAL FAULT, FACE, UNDRGRD POWER LINE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303632988			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Fire/explosion

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