Third or fourth degree electrical burns

An employee was using a wrench to disconnect a nut on a cable on the back side of the switch gear when an arc flash occurred. The employee received second and third degree burns to his hands and both knees.

An employee was performing a task involving electrical connections when an electrical arc flash occurred, causing second and third degree burns to his upper body. He was hospitalized.

An employee was helping to inspect an electrical line and repairing a jumper that came off the transformer switch. The employee pulled two of the three switches to de-energize the pole line and then repositioned his bucket truck to get to the next switch. When he grabbed the wire to reinstall it onto the third […]

Two employees suffered second and third degree burn injuries as the result of an arch flash.

An employee was doing maintenance on an electrical transformer when he contacted energized equipment, suffering third degree burns on his left hand.

An employee was about to replace a primary conductor in a power pole. He made contact with the live power source in the power pole, resulting in third degree burns on both hands. PPE was not worn at the time.

An employee was testing A/C equipment, reading the voltage of the compositor by placing the alligator clamps on the A/C. The employee was shocked by the A/C unit, which was not locked out at the time, and he passed out on top of the bus bar. He received a third degree burn on his left […]

Two tower climbers were running a heavy duty coax cable up to an antenna tower. One employee was on the ground running the cable up to another employee who was approximately 100 feet from the ground. The cable was on a reel and the front end of the cable was cut and live. One of […]

Two employees were replacing a high voltage single power line between two poles. One employee, was electrocuted at approximately at 08:15 AM and received third degree electrical burns on the right arm and back side.

Employees were breaking out concrete with an SDS hammer drill and while doing so hit a live line. The two employees sustained 2nd and 3rd degree burns and were hospitalized.