OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221438302

Apprentice,Burn,Conductor,Contact,Corrosion,Ear,Electric Arc,Electric Arc Flash,Electric Conductor,Electrical Box,Electrical Wire,Electrical Work,Electrician,Eye,Eye protection,Face,Fire,Flame-Resistant Clothing (FRC),Flash,Hand Tool,Inappropriate Equipment,Insufficient Supervision,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Neck,PPE,PPE Hazard Assessment,Protective Clothing,Replacing,Skin,Struck By,Wrong Equipment

2021-08-23T00:00:00

Event: Apprentice,Burn,Conductor,Contact,Corrosion,Ear,Electric Arc,Electric Arc Flash,Electric Conductor,Electrical Box,Electrical Wire,Electrical Work,Electrician,Eye,Eye protection,Face,Fire,Flame-Resistant Clothing (FRC),Flash,Hand Tool,Inappropriate Equipment,Insufficient Supervision,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Neck,PPE,PPE Hazard Assessment,Protective Clothing,Replacing,Skin,Struck By,Wrong Equipment
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 221438302
Report ID: 0950643

Event description

Employee sustains facial burns when wrong tool causes arc fl

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
576

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