Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 127546.015 - Employee suffers burns from arc flash

Accident Summary Nr: 127546.015 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 06/27/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1482268.015	07/07/2020		238210	Area Energy & Electric, Inc.

Abstract: At 7:30 a.m. on June 27, 2020, Employee #1 was working for an electrical contractor. Employee #1 was installing wire for a new bus bar breaker. Employee #1 was installing a 480 Volt breaker into a switch gear as the last part of the job. Employee #1, shut off a disconnect to begin work. The lights went out, so Employee #1 assumed the correct circuit was deenergized. Employee #1 began to pull the ground wires through the panel, when he dropped one that fell across a live 2,000-amp bus bar contacting all three phases resulting in an arc flash. Employee #1 suffered second degree burns on his face and arms, leading to hospitalization.

Keywords: Arm, Burn, Busbar, Circuit Breaker, Electric Arc, Electric Arc Flash, Electrical, Electrical Burn, Electrical Wire, Electrician, Energized, Face, Ground, Head, High Voltage, Installing, Lighting, Switchgear

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1482268.015	31	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause:

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