| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-21 | Crystal Lake | Il | WernerCo | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
| Electricians had just finished connecting two portable AC units to a subpanel outside a main panel. They put the fuses back on, and one of them was about to close the electrical panel when an arc flash burned his left hand and forearm. | |||||
| 2020-10-14 | Alpine | Tx | Rio Grande Electric Cooperative, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee was inspecting and cleaning a probe on a newly installed power distribution transformer, after ensuring that the fuses were disconnected. The employee's left index finger touched powered equipment and the employee was shocked. | |||||
| 2020-06-23 | Marksville | Louisiana | T T Laborde Air Conditioning and Electrical, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee received an electrical shock while changing fuses on a portable trailer. | |||||
| 2019-08-06 | Vernon | Texas | Oklaunion Power Station | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| An employee was checking fuses at a 480-volt control panel when a flash fire occurred burning the employees face, left hand, and right forearm. | |||||
| 2019-06-26 | Lubbock | Texas | Lubbock Electric Co., Inc | Forearm(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee was performing maintenance on a MCC bucket. The fuses went phase-to-phase and shocked the employee. The employee suffered first and second degree burns to the right forearm. | |||||
| 2019-05-08 | Washington | Missouri | ARCONIC ENGINEEERED STRUCTURE | Nonclassifiable | Direct exposure to electricity |
| Employee 1 was working on a piece of equipment when the equipment lost power. Employee 2 was working in the precision sheet/pickle room. Employee 1 checked the electrical panel for burned out fuses. Employee 1 donned arc flash gear and retrieved a meter to test the circuits. While testing the leads of the meter, the employee contacted vice grips that were located in the panel. The vice grips toppled into the panel creating an arc flash. Employee 2 was processing titanium sheets for the pickle li | |||||
| 2018-06-04 | Beloit | Wisconsin | Westphal & Company, Inc. | Arm(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| An employee opened the transformer/fuse drawer and changed two medium voltage fuses while the drawer was de-energized. As the employee began to push the main power drawer (13,200 VAC./1,200 amps) back in an arc flash occurred. The arc blast energy and fire ball came out of the bottom door of the main power drawer and up. The employee was standing next to the main power drawer, on the bottom rung of a four-rung step ladder, when the fire ball engulfed his upper torso. The employee sustained secon | |||||
| 2016-09-02 | Anderson | Missouri | FAIRVIEW MILLS LLC. | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee was attempting to pull fuses from an energized electrical panel when an arc flash occurred and burned the employee's left arm and hand. | |||||
| 2015-05-15 | Navasota | Texas | Trinity Heads LLC | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
| On 5/18/2015, an employee was attempting to change fuses on a control panel for the blast (steel shot cleaning machine). An arc flash occurred and injured both of the employee's hands, requiring hospitalization. | |||||