Second degree electrical burns

Employees were replacing a double circuit pole. When one phase of a 3-phase, 200V-power line was energized, it went straight to ground, causing an arc flash. An employee sustained second degree burns to the face and upper left arm.

The employee was working from a bucket truck transferring live wires from an old power pole to a new pole. The employee’s lanyard got close enough to a live wire that an arc flash occurred. The employee sustained second degree burns where the metal parts of the harness contacted his body.

An employee was running electrical wire through a panel box when an arc flash caused second degree burns to his face and wrist.

An employee was installing a 480 VAC circuit breaker when the employee’s pliers contacted the energized bus bar and caused an arc flash. The employee was hospitalized with first and second degree electrical burns to the face and arms.

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.

Two employees were in the bucket of a bucket truck energizing a 13,800-to-2,400-volt stepdown transformer by closing three 100k fused cutouts at the riser pole. A voltage meter used to take readings on the ground was overloaded and failed, causing an arc flash. One of the employees in the bucket suffered first- and second-degree burns […]

An employee had been doing an infra-red scan of an uncovered electrical switchgear panel (600 volts, 4,000 amp). As the employee replaced the cover on the panel, an arc flash fire occurred, causing second degree burns to the employee’s legs, wrist, and neck.

An employee was connecting wires on the line side of an electrical cabinet when an arc flash occurred, causing second degree burns to the employee’s right hand, soft tissue of the neck area, and lower part of the face and right ear. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was working on a utility line when an electrical flash occurred. The employee suffered second degree burns to the face and neck.

An employee was running a cable through trees when he came in contact with overhead powerlines, suffering second degree burns on his wrist.