Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202615142 - Employee Is Burned by Electric Arc Flash

Accident Summary Nr: 202615142 -- Report ID: 1054112 -- Event Date: 09/26/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
317338424	09/27/2013	1731	238210	Clackamas Electric Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
317338440	09/27/2013	1521	236118	Russell Construction Inc

Abstract: On September 26, 2013, Employee #1, an electrical worker with both Clackamas Electric Inc. and Russell Construction Inc., was installing plumbing and lighting fixtures, when he accessed a three-phase electrical panel (a live 480 volt 600 amp panel). Employee #1 removed the cover and began removing dead front panel components, when a metal plate contacted a hot bus bar and grounded on the panel frame. This created an arc flash, which burned Employee #1's left forearm, and face, and neck. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: ELECTRIC ARC, PLUMBING, BURN, HEAT, LIGHTING FIXTURE, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL WORK, NECK, ARM, FACE

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	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	317338424			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause
2	317338440					Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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