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During a thunderstorm, EE was at desk in scale house doing paperwork. Lightning struck nearby radio tower & power went off. The floor was damp due to heavy rain. About 5-10 min later, EE began to tingle & burn. EE went to ER that evening and they treated for burn of nerve endings from waist up. Administered steroids and Benadryl by IV. EE was discharged with no further treatment.
Employee received a substantial shock when he was replacing a fuse in motor starter "bucket" that he believed was de-energized. Rt. arm & face were burned, and he may have been unconscious briefly.
Employee was putting jumper cables on the battery of the rip rap plant when the battery blew up. The top of the battery caused scratches to his face. He had on safety glasses but received miner scratches to his eyes.
ELECTRICIAN WAS ADJUSTING THE CRANE TROLLEY CONTROLS IN AN OVERHEAD CRANE WHEN THE BRUSH ROCK IN A MOTOR ON ANOTHER PART OF THE CRANE, ISOLATED FROM THIS AREA BROKE LOOSE AND CAUSED AN OVERCUR RENT. THIS CREATED AN OVERLOAD IN WIRES IN AN AREA NEAR WHERE THE ELECTRICIAN WAS STANDING TO ADJUST THE CONTROLS AND CAUSED AN ARC AND FLASH. CAUSED SECOND DEGREE BURNS ON PARTS OF BODY.
MINER SUFFERED 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO THE LEFT UPPER ARM. MINER WAS CHECKING A COAL MILL FEEDER AND INADVERTENTLY BRUSHED AGAINST AN ENERGIZED WIRE.
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT ARCED & FLASHED WHILE AN ELECTRICIAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO DE-ENERGIZE A CIRCUIT INJURED RECEIVED FIRST & SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO FOREARMS & HANDS THE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT WAS DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIRS
PULLING FUSES FROM AN ELECTRICL SWITCH BOX WITH INSULATED NEEDLE NOSE PLIERS AND MADE CONTACT BETWEEN TWO OF THE FUSES WHICH CAUSED AN ELECTRICAL ARC. INJURED SUFFERED FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE BURNS ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO CHANGE OUT TRANSFORMER ON NO. 3 KILN ESP. THE GROUNDING ROD WAS NOT ATTACHED AND THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A HIGH VOLTA GE STATIC CHARGE. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED AN ELEC TRICAL STATIC CHARGE TO HIS BODY WITH NO APPAR ENT INJURY. HE DID SUFFER FROM APPARENT SHOCK. HE WAS HELD IN HOSPITAL OVERNIGHT FOR OBSERVATION.
STABBING SWITCHGEAR SHORTED PHASE TO PHASE AND HPHASE TO GROUND DUE TO SCREWDRIVER GETTING IN POWER SUPPLY
EE WAS NEAR THE REAR OF THE CANE ON THE NORTH SIDE AND WHEN HE SAW FIRE, HE RAN, HOWEVER HE HAD RECEIVED BURNS ON THE TOES OF BOTH FEET AND A BURN ON HIS LEG. EE WAS APPROX. 152 FT NORTH OF TH E CRANE.
EMPLOYEE USED A 600 BOLT AMP METER TO CHECK A 2400 VOLT LINE TO THE SLURRY PUMP WHEN THE EMPLOYEE TOUCHED THE LEADS OF THE AMP METER TO THE FUSE IT CAUSED AN EXPLOSION RESULTING IN SECOND DEGR EE BURNS TO HS HANDS
EE WAS CHECKING A BREAKER. HE OPENED THE CUBICLE AND TURNED THE BREAKER HANDLE ALL THE WAY TOWARDS OFF AND RESET HE THEN TURNED IT TOWARDS ON THERE WAS A BOOM AND A FLASH. HE WAS ABLE TO GO TO A PHONE TO SUMMON HELP. IMMEDIATELY TAKEN TO LOCAL HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM BY SUPERVISOR, WHERE HE WAS CHECKED AND RELEASE TO GO HOME. COMPLAINS OF EXTREMELY BLURRED VISION IN BOTH EYES.
EE WAS PULLING 4IRE INTO A STARTER CABINET WHEILE STARTER WAS ENERGIZED. WHEN HIS HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH 480 VOLTS AC EE JERKED HIS HAND FROM THE STARTER CABINET & RECEIVED A CUT TO THE PAL M OF HIS LEFT H5ND REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.
CLEANING BATTERY POSTS,POSTS WERE TOUCHED WITH SCRAPER CAUSING THEM TO ARC AND BATTERY TOP WAS BLOWN OFF AND ACID GOT IN EYES OF EMPL.