Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202316097 - Employee burned from electrical arc flash

Accident Summary Nr: 202316097 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 06/23/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309896348	07/10/2006	1731	238210	Delgado Electric,Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 7:15 a.m. on June 23, 2006, Employee #1, a foreman, was retrieving a fish tape through a conduit pipe in an energized 480-volt distribution panel. As the steel fish tape passed his hand, it arced across two phases of busbar, resulting into an electrical arc flash. Employee #1 suffered second-degree burns to his right hand, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: BURN, ELECTRIC ARC, ELECTRICAL, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL WORK, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Other		Under $50,000	1	22

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309896348			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Other

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