Exposure to electric arc · Electrical burns any degree
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Shawnee Milling Company, 201 S. Broadway Avenue, SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA 74801
on — Electrical burns any degree , affecting the Head and extremities.
Final narrative
An employee was doing electrical preventative maintenance on a motor control center. As he was about to tighten a metal screw with a metal screwdriver, he came into contact with the metal frame of the disconnect. The resulting arc flash caused second-degree burns to his right hand and face, as well as eye irritation.
Hospitalized Head and extremities Switchboards, panels, fuses
An employee was monitoring the air-lock device that is used to move flour product to a different area of the facility. The air-lock machine became choked with product. The employee unscrewed a section of the housing and proceeded to unclog the machine. The machine activated while his right hand was in the point of operation resulting in amputation of the index finger to the first knuckle and lacerations to the middle and ring fingers.
An employee was starting equipment with rollers that normally rotated in a outward motion to move stock away from the rollers, but had become a pinch point after maintenance. When the employee reached for stock, their left middle, ring, and little fingers got caught in the pinch point, resulting in amputations to the first knuckle.
At the feed mill, an employee was wrapping red duct tape around a metal trough. His left index fingertip went inside the trough housing through an unseen hole in the metal. The conveyor screw inside the trough caused a partial amputation of the left index fingertip.
An employee was terminating cables in a junction box. A loose ground wire came into contact with the bushing, causing a flash that burned the right side of the employee's face and his right hand.
An employee was using a bucket truck hoist to raise secondary aerial wiring. The wire made contact with the primary wire, causing an arc flash. The employee suffered burns to both hands and was hospitalized.
A temporary employee was testing an electrical starter motor. He was placing tape on the starter while the breaker was not engaged, but the starter sent an arc flash that burned his hands and stomach.
Two employees were removing a circuit breaker. The injured employee was using wrenches in the removal process. One of the wrenches contacted an adjacent door, resulting in an arc flash. The employee suffered burns to their neck, face, and ear, as well as momentary vision loss due to the flash.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was checking a flour roll stand for a blockage. The employee's right hand was caught in an ingoing nip point on the machine, causing partial amputations to the thumb and middle, ring, and little fingers.
An employee was climbing an A-frame ladder to adjust an exhaust pipe on the wall to let the heat out. The employee fell 4-5 feet and injured his right tibia and ankle.
An employee was helping to move a 1,300-pound coil on a cart. The steel caster hit a crack in the concrete, the weld holding the caster onto the cart broke, and the coil and cart tipped over onto the employee. He was hospitalized with a laceration on his forehead and a pelvic fracture on his right side.
An employee was working in the food service warehouse when he experienced chest pain, difficulty breathing, and lost consciousness. The employee sustained carbon monoxide poisoning.
An employee was cutting a piece of metal rod with a metal cutting machine. His right middle finger became caught between the rod and the machine's table. The employee's fingertip was partially amputated.
An employee was working at her desk. She went to stand up and fell to the floor beside the desk. The employee sustained a hip displacement and required surgery.
An employee was processing wood boards at a chop saw when the saw malfunctioned and the blade cut her left hand and fingers. She was hospitalized and her little finger was surgically amputated.