Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201094059 - Burn - Electrical Fault in Temporary Distribution Box

Accident Summary Nr: 201094059 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 08/03/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126147107	08/03/2000	1731	0	Andy Klein Electric

Abstract: An electrician was connecting a four-wire circuit to a temporary distribution box. He was installing a 240-volt circuit breaker on a 480-volt circuit. When he connected the first conductor to the circuit breaker, an electrical fault occurred. The ensuing electric arc burned the employee. He was hospitalized in a burn center with second- and third-degree burns on the right side of his body.

Keywords: BURN, CLOTHING, ELECTRIC ARC, E GI IV, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRICIAN, ELECTRICAL WORK, LOCKOUT, CIRCUIT BREAKER, ELECTRICAL FAULT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126147107			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Electricians

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