Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202486130 - Employee injured in contact with energized circuit

Accident Summary Nr: 202486130 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 10/25/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120210083	10/26/2007	1731	238210	Pacific Splicing & Testing, Inc.

Abstract: On October 25, 2007, Employee #1, the electrical supervisor for Pacific Splicing & Testing, Inc., and his coworker/assistant were in the M-Line Sub Fab (electrical supply room) at the NEC facility. They had opened the back of the 12-kilovolt panel labeled T-28, exposing the energized system. The supervisor was wearing leather gloves and holding a metal wrench with his right hand when he contacted the exposed energized parts in the cabinet. The current went through his tool, his leather glove, his right hand and out his right knee, which had contacted the metal cover of the panel. The shock caused the supervisor to be thrown backward into his coworker. Both Employee #1 and his assistant were transported by ambulance to the UC-Davis Medical Center. Employee #1 sustained serious injuries and was hospitalized for ten days.

Keywords: KNEE, ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL WORK, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRIC SHOCK, ELECTRICAL CABINET

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120210083			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Electricians

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