Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202506762 - Employee Is Electrocuted by Feeding Wires Through Raceways

Accident Summary Nr: 202506762 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 06/26/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311070072	06/27/2008	1731	238210	Sunwest Electric Inc.

Abstract: On June 26, 2008, Employee #1, an apprentice electrician, was feeding electrical cable through raceways in an electrical enclosure. The steel fish wire contacted energized parts of the 480/270 volt systems. An arc flash and fire occurred, and Employee #1 sustained minor injuries. The equipment was destroyed. Employee #1 was not hospitalized. An investigation revealed that the employer failed to ensure that a physical barrier was installed between the energized side of the enclosure and the side being worked on.

Keywords: ELECTRIC ARC, ELECTRIC CABLE, ELECTRICIAN, FIRE, ELECTRICAL WORK, UNGUARDED LIVE PARTS

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	311070072			Non Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Electricians' apprentices

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