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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #691931

BURN,E GI II,ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,ELECTRIC ARC,ELECTRICAL,ELECTRICIAN,ELECTRICAL WORK,ELECTRIC METER,LOCKOUT,ELECTRICAL FAULT

Event
BURN,E GI II,ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,ELECTRIC ARC,ELECTRICAL,ELECTRICIAN,ELECTRICAL WORK,ELECTRIC METER,LOCKOUT,ELECTRICAL FAULT
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
691931
Report ID
854910

Event description

BURN - ELECTRICAL FAULT IN METER BASE

Investigation abstract

An apprentice electrician was installing an A-frame electrical meter. The base h e because they had experienced problems with it. ad been installed several years earlier. The meter base was not connected to a l oad, it but was still energized. As he was replacing the busbar jumpers in the m eter base, an electrical fault occurred. The ensuing electric arc burned the emp loyee on his hands and face. He was hospitalized for his injuries. According to the electric utility company, the fault occurred because the original wiring int o the base was not installed correctly. The 480-volt, three-phase supply was run ning between two sides of one set of busbars in the meter base and thus more sus ceptible to faulting. In fact, the utility no longer used this type of meter bas

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 28 M

    Nature of injury
    5
    Part of body
    12
    Event type
    14
    Source
    15
    Occupation code
    576
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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