OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221433162

WELLER WORKFORCE, LLC

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK· 2022-01-31T00:00:00

Event: Burn, Circuit Breaker, Electric Arc, Electric Arc Flash, Electric Shock, Electric current, Electrical, Electrical Box, Electrical Burn, Fire, Flash, Hand, High Temperature, Inexperience, Installing, Skin, Struck By
NAICS: 531311
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345758221
Employer profile: WELLER WORKFORCE, LLC
Summary number: 221433162
Report ID: 0627700

Event description

Employee installing breaker burns hand due to arc flash

Investigation abstract

At 9:30 a.m. on January 31, 2022, an employee was attempting to install a circuit breaker to a main circuit breaker panel when an electrical arc flash occurred. The employee incurred burns to his right hand requiring hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M

Event type
13

Occupation code
579

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