OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221393952

TOWN OF THURMONT

THURMONT, MD· 2021-09-14T00:00:00

Event: Arm, Burn, Chest, Cleaning, Connecting, Electric Shock, Electrical, Electrical Wire, Electrical Work, Electrician, Finger, Fingertip, Glove, Hand, Inexperience, Installing, Lack of Work Procedures, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Power Lines, Replacing, Shock, Supervisor, Transformer, Undrgrd Installation, Undrgrd Power Line
NAICS: 221122
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345542310
Employer profile: TOWN OF THURMONT
Summary number: 221393952
Report ID: 0352440

Event description

Employee sustains shock, burns when cleaning probe with bare

Investigation abstract

At 9:00 p.m. on September 14, 2021, an employee working as a electrical supervisor for city was connecting an elbow to power a replacement transformer. The transformer was being fed by another transformer approximately 100 feet away. The employee attempted to clean dirt off of the probe inside the elbow with his bare finger. The employee made contact with the probe which was supplied by a 7,200-Volt underground power line. The employee was shocked and sustained first, second and third degree burns to his hands, arms, and chest, requiring hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 54 M

Event type
13

Occupation code
555

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