Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 96059.015 - Employee sustains electrical burns in arc flash

Accident Summary Nr: 96059.015 -- Report ID: 1050210 -- Event Date: 06/02/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1237236.015	06/02/2017		237130	Northern Powerline Constructors

Abstract: At 10:24 a.m. on June 2, 2017, Employee #1 and Coworkers #1 and #2, employed by a power line construction company, were engaged in electrical work to support a road construction. Employee #1 was helping to move cable inside a switching cabinet when a large arc flash occurred. Employee #1, who was working on the east side of the cabinet, made contact with a hot unit inside the 15 kilovolt cabinet and received an electrical shock. Coworkers #1 and #2, on the west side of the cabinet, were not injured. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for electrical shock to his entire body with burns to his left hand and right knee.

Keywords: Burn, Construction, Electric Arc, Electric Shock, Electric Switch, Electrician, Hand, Knee, Lockout/Tagout, Shock

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1237236.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause:

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