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29 CFR 1910.335(a)(1)(i): Employees working in areas where there were potential electrical hazards were not using electrical protective equipment that was appropriate for the specific parts of the body to be protected and for the work to be performed: The employer failed to ensure that that a electrician apprentice was protected from the hazard of arc flash. An employee was terminating a ground wire on the lower half of a 480v, 200 Amp disconnect. The ground wire came into contact with an energized "A Phase" at the top of the disconnect. An employee was not wearing the electrical protective equipment at the time of the arc flash, resulting in burns to the employee's face and left hand. This most recently occurred on or about February 08, 2017 at 3000 8th Street, Columbus, Nebraska 68601.