Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201022167 - Employee Sustains Burns from Arcing Electrical Component

Accident Summary Nr: 201022167 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 05/05/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300750775	05/06/2009	1731	238210	Knights Electric Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was working on a breaker when a phase to phase contact occurred, exposing him to an arc flash which seriously injured him. Employee #1 sustained burns and was hospitalized.

Keywords: BURN, ELECTRIC ARC, ELECTRICIAN, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISC

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		Under $50,000		8

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300750775			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Fire/explosion

Thank You for Visiting Our Website

You are exiting the Department of Labor's Web server.

The Department of Labor does not endorse, takes no responsibility for, and exercises no control over the linked organization or its views, or contents, nor does it vouch for the accuracy or accessibility of the information contained on the destination server. The Department of Labor also cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked Web sites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked Web site. Thank you for visiting our site. Please click the button below to continue.