Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 202363776 - Two employees burned by electric arcs from same panel
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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307197145 | 02/01/2004 | 1731 | 238210 | Global Electric/Communication |
Abstract: On Jannuary 20, 2004, Employees #1 and #2, of Global Electric Communications, were installing a new three-phase run of wire in an energized 480-volt panel at a cabinet shop in Kent, WA. Employee #1 was trying to bolt a bracket to the panel's busbar when an electric arc occurred. He sustained thermal burns and was taken to Harborview Burn Center in Seattle, WA. Employee #2 was trying to show the owner of the cabinet shop what had happened to Employee #1 when another electric arc occurred. He also suffered thermal burns and was transported to the same hospital as Employee #1. The arc that burned Employee #1 was caused by a high fault current created by the bracket, of which Employee #1 had lost control. The bracket became energized and contacted another phase in the circuit breaker. Employee #2 thought the panel had been de-energized by the circuit protection at the source.
End Use | Project Type | Project Cost | Stories | Non-building Height | Fatality | ||
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Other building | Other | Under $50,000 | 1 |
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 307197145 | Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Occupation not reported | ||
2 | 307197145 | Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Occupation not reported |