OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #731398
MECHEL INC
INDPLS, IN—
Event description
BURN - ELECTRICAL FAULT IN DISCONNECT
Investigation abstract
An electrician and his apprentice were terminating a temporary power supply to a welder. As they were connecting conductors at a 480-volt, three-phase, 200-ampe re disconnect with the welder's power switch closed, a phase-to-phase electrical fault occurred. The employees were burned by the ensuing electric arc. The elec trician sustained first- and second-degree burns over 27 percent of his body. He was hospitalized for his injuries. The apprentice sustained first-degree burns to his eyes and right wrist.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 575
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 8
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 576
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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