Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202344792 - One employee killed, two injured in electrical explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 202344792 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 12/15/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308465343	12/15/2004	1731	238210	Sunrise Electric Of Central Florida, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 7:00 a.m. on December 15, 2004, Employees #1 through #3, all electricians, were working in the electrical utility room of a hospital. Their employer had been contracted to switch the power to an electrical panel from a 200-amp plug-in bus in the utility room (connected to a 3,000-amp busway) to a main distribution panel two floors up. The plug-in had been switched off and tested, and the fuses had been removed, but the plug-in was still connected to the energized busway. Just before the power to the existing panel was turned on, there was an explosion. None of the employees was working at the plug-in, but Employee #1 was closest to the busway. He suffered severe burns and was killed. Employee #2, the next closest, sustained second-degree burns to his face, chest, arms, and back. He was transported to a local burn center for treatment. Employee #3 suffered only minor burns, but he was knocked out the door of the electrical room. He sustained injuries that did not require hospitalization.

Keywords: BURN, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRICIAN, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL WORK, EXPLOSION, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRICAL CABINET, ELECTRICAL FAULT, FACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$250,000 to $500,000	8		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308465343	Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Fire/explosion
2	308465343	Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Electricians' apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Fire/explosion
3	308465343	Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Fire/explosion

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