OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221420409
EMPIRE ELECTRIC, INC.
JACKSONVILLE, FL·
Event description
Two employees are burned in arc flash during breaker replace
Investigation abstract
At 5:00 p.m. on December 14, 2021, Employees #1 and #2 worked to troubleshoot the left arm. Employee #2 received second degree burns to the face, neck, arm, and upper torso. and repair a live one hundred-ampere main breaker. Employee #1 removed the dead front panel and the old breaker and began to install the new one hundred ampere breaker. Employee #1 stood in front of the panel while working and had connected the new breaker to the A-phase side using a non-insulated flat tip screwdriver (KLEIN Tools Serial #32290) and began to line up the C-phase side when an arc flash fire ball shot out of the panel and engulfed both employees. Both employees were hospitalized to treat electrical burns. Employee #1 received second degree burns to the face, head, ears, and neck, and third degree burns to
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 48 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 575
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#2 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 576
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