OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #903617
BURN,CLOTHING,ELECTRIC ARC,ELECTRICAL,E GI VII,ELECTRICIAN,ELECTRICAL WORK,ELECTRICAL FAULT
Event description
BURN - ELECTRICAL FAULT IN DISCONNECT BOX
Investigation abstract
AN ELECTRICIAN WAS INVESTIGATING THE REASON FOR AN ELECTRICAL FAULT INVOLVING A 480-VOLT, WALL-MOUNTED ELECTRICAL DISCONNECT BOX. AN ELECTRIC ARC OCCURRED INSID E THE DISCONNECT BOX. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED BURNS OVER 75 PERCENT OF HIS BODY; 6 0 PERCENT WERE THIRD DEGREE BURNS, AND 15 PERCENT WERE SECOND DEGREE BURNS. THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL, WHERE HE DIED ABOUT 1 MONTH LATER, ON MA RCH 8, 1990.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 575
- Human factor
- 15
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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