OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #691550
AMERICAN LASER CORPORATION
SALT LAKE CITY, UT·
Event description
BURN - ELECTRICAL FAULT IN PANELBOARD
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE DEENERGIZED AND LOOSENED A 100-AMPERE, THREE-PHASE CIRCUIT BREAKER T HAT HAD MALFUNCTIONED. HE STEPPED BACK ABOUT 2 FEET AND TALKED TO TWO OTHER PEOP LE. AFTER ABOUT 2 MINUTES, AN ELECTRICAL EXPLOSION AND FIRE ERUPTED AT THE BOTTO M OF THE PANELBOARD, 16 INCHES FROM THE CIRCUIT BREAKER. EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED SE COND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS OVER 30 PERCENT OF HIS BODY. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR 30 HOURS. EMPLOYEE #2 SUFFERED SMOKE INHALATION FIGHTING THE ENSUING FIRE. EMPL OYEE #3 SUFFERED MINOR FLASH BURNS AND SMOKE INHALATION. EMPLOYEES #2 AND #3 WER E TREATED AT A HOSPITAL AND RELEASED. EMPLOYEE #4 SUFFERED MINOR FLASH BURNS. SH E WAS TREATED AT THE SCENE AND RELEASED.
Victims (4)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 213
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 213
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 55
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 31 F
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 216
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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