Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202556569 - Two Employees Suffer Burns in Arc Flash Explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 202556569 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 06/10/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315534222	06/10/2013	1623	237130	Herman Weissker Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 12:30 p.m. on June 10, 2013, Employee #1 and Employee #2 were inside of an electrical vault at the intersection of Rimhurst and Trabuco. The employees were journeyman lineman by trade working for the company. A work crew of six was preparing a shoo-fly sending three employees working inside the vault. Employee #1 was removing a 600A dead break elbow when the arc flash occurred. The elbow being removed at the time of the explosion was not isolated from sources of voltage causing the arc flash to occur. Employees #1 and #2 were taken to an area hospital, where they were treated for second and third degree burns over their bodies.

Keywords: EXPLOSION, ELECTRICAL FAULT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	315534222			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Other
2	315534222			Non Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Other

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