Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 655290 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS THRU WRENCH

Accident Summary Nr: 655290 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 06/16/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109618322	06/16/1993	1751	0	R.J.M. Realty Inc.

Abstract: Three employees were boarding up windows in a substation. Two of the employees were outside the building, cutting plywood sheets to size and drilling holes for U-bolts to hold the plywood securely to the metal window frames. The other employee was inside the building standing on a wooden stepladder, using a 203-millimeter crescent wrench to secure nuts to the U-bolts. An electric arc apparently jumped from an exposed 13.9-kilovolt fuse to the wrench or to the employee's arm. The employee suffered second- and third-degree burns from the arc. He was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: BURN, CLOTHING, ELECTRIC ARC, ELECTRICAL, E PTD, SUBSTATION, ELEC UTILITY WORK, ELECTRIC SHOCK, ELECTRICAL FAULT, UNTRAINED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109618322			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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