Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202539904 - Employee Sustains Burns from Arc Flash

Accident Summary Nr: 202539904 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 01/15/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300869633	01/26/2009	5511	441110	Hornburg Jaguar Inc

Abstract: At approximately 2:45 p.m. on January 15, 2009, Employee #1 was changing a fuel pump on a SUV. Once changed, he was crawling out of the SUV when an arc flash occurred. Employee #1 sustained first, second, and third degree burns to his face and hands. Employee #1 was transported to a local hospital, where he was hospitalized for one day. It appears that crawling over the carpet of the SUV caused a spark from static electricity which ignited some residual gasoline fumes and caused the arc flash.

Keywords: BURN, ELECTRIC ARC, STATIC ELECTRICITY, SPARK, FACE, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300869633			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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