OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14379143

BURN,CHEST,CLOTHING,E GI V,ELECTRIC ARC,ELECTRICAL,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,CIRCUIT BREAKER,ELECTRICAL FAULT,FACE

1986-03-19T00:00:00

Event: BURN,CHEST,CLOTHING,E GI V,ELECTRIC ARC,ELECTRICAL,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,CIRCUIT BREAKER,ELECTRICAL FAULT,FACE
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14379143
Report ID: 524500

Event description

BURN - ELECTRICAL FAULT IN CIRCUIT BREAKER

Investigation abstract

An employee was closing a circuit breaker, and it failed. The ensuing electric a rc burned the employee. He was hospitalized with second- and third-degree burns to his chest, neck, face, right hand, and right arm and with burns to his eyes. The circuit breakers were designed to be secured by four screws, but were only s ecured by two.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 52 M

Nature of injury
5

Part of body
19

Event type
14

Source
16

Occupation code
999

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
18

Hazardous substance
8880

Task assigned
1

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