Third or fourth degree electrical burns

An employee climbed a wooden pole to remove a downed conductor. The employee’s right arm contacted the bottom of the energized switch and received third degree burns.

An employee was securing a dead front panel on a panel board when an arc flash occurred, causing second and third degree burns to the employee’s hands, arms, and face. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was using a tagline to guide a crane that was lifting a sign to a post when the employee went near a powerline and it arced over to the crane. The employee was hit with an arc flash, suffering second and third degree burns to the stomach and back.

An employee was working on or around 13,800-volt electrical equipment at a substation. An arc flash occurred and the employee sustained second and third degree burns to the face and neck.

While performing a break-out and disassembling equipment on-site, an employee removed the meter cover. Then, while removing the bypass blades with pliers and a screwdriver, the screwdriver contacted the meter box, causing an arc flash. The employee sustained second degree burns on his face, chest, and left hand, and sustained a second/third degree burn on […]

An employee in a bucket truck was removing the cover off of a center phase 35.5-kV top circuit and was hit by an arc flash. The employee sustained third degree burns to the neck and the left side of a hand. The employee also sustained first and second degree burns to the face, right shoulder […]

An employee was using fish tape to retrieve a broken rope that had been used to pull wires from a 480-volt panel when an arc flash occurred. The employee suffered third degree burns to the arms.

An employee was performing a repair on a downed utility line. The utility line arced and caused third-degree electrical burns to his left arm and left side of the back.

Two employees were using conductive tools to install a PLC when they came into contact with an energized component. An arc flash occurred, causing second and third degree burns to the employees.

While terminating some cables in an electrical cabinet, an employee suffered second- and third-degree burns from an arc flash.