OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14516769
A & E ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
ODESSA, FL·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK & BURNS - FAULT IN PANELBOARD
Investigation abstract
THREE EMPLOYEES OF AN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR WERE INSTALLING EQUIPMENT AND WIRING NTICE ALSO RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK. THEY WERE HOSPITALIZED FOR THESE INJURIES . A THIRD EMPLOYEE RECEIVED MINOR BURNS ON HIS HANDS AS HE WAS PUTTING OUT THE F IRE ON THE HAIR AND CLOTHING OF ONE OF THE OTHER TWO INJURED EMPLOYEES. FOR A CONTROL CENTER IN AN ASPHALT PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE POWER FOR THE PLANT HAD BEEN ENERGIZED FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS. TWO OF THE EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING A LUG ON A GROUNDED BUSBAR AT THE BASE OF A PANELBOARD, WHICH CONTAINED 3 VERTI CAL BUSBARS ENERGIZED AT 277 VOLTS. ONE OF THESE EMPLOYEES, A JOURNEYMAN ELECTRI CIAN, WAS WORKING WITH A SCREWDRIVER; THE OTHER, AN APPRENTICE, WAS HOLDING A NU T WITH A WRENCH. THE END OF THE WRENCH CONTACTED ONE OF THE ENERGIZED BUSES, RES ULTING IN AN ELECTRICAL EXPLOSION. THESE TWO EMPLOYEES RECEIVED FIRST, SECOND, A ND THIRD DEGREE BURNS TO THE HANDS, ARMS, UPPER TORSO, NECK, AND HEAD. THE APPRE
Victims (4)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 575
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 576
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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